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Species of snake

Tantilla jani
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Tantilla
Species: T. jani
Binomial name
Tantilla jani
(Günther, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Homalocranium jani
    Günther, 1895
  • Homalocranium fuscum
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Tantilla jani
    — H.M. Smith, 1942
  • Tantilla cuesta
    Wilson, 1982
  • Tantilla jani
    — Liner, 1994

Tantilla jani, also known commonly as Jan's centipede snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Guatemala and southern Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, jani, is in honor of Italian taxonomist Giorgio Jan.

Geographic range

T. jani is found in Guatemala, and in adjacent Mexico in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. jani is forest.

Reproduction

T. jani is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Hammerson, G.A.; Muñoz-Alonso, A. (2014). "Tantilla jani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T63949A3131729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T63949A3131729.en. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  2. ^ Species Tantilla jani at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tantilla jani, p. 133).

Further reading

  • Günther ACLG (1895). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Godman and Salvin. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xx + 326 pp. + Plates 1–76. . (Homalocranium jani, new species, p. 148 + Plate 52, figure D, three views of head and neck).
  • Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002. (Tantilla jani, p. 181).
  • Liner EA (1994). Scientific and Common Names for the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico in English and Spanish: Nombres Científicos y Comunes en Ingles y Español de los Anfibios y los Reptiles de México. Herpetological Circular No. 23. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). iii + 113 pp. (Tantilla jani).
  • Smith HM (1942). "A Résumé of Mexican Snakes of the Genus Tantilla". Zoologica 27 (1): 33–42. (Tantilla jani, new combination, pp. 36–37).


Taxon identifiers
Tantilla jani
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