Tantilla johnsoni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Tantilla |
| Species: | T. johnsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Tantilla johnsoni | |
Tantilla johnsoni, also known commonly as Johnson's centipede snake and la culebra centipedívora de Chiapas in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, johnsoni, is in honor of American zoologist Jerry Douglas Johnson.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]T. johnsoni is found in the Mexican state of Chiapas.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of T. johnsoni is forest.[1]
Behavior
[edit]T. johnsoni is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Campbell, J.A.; Muñoz-Alonso, A. (2007). "Tantilla johnsoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63950A12730946. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63950A12730946.en. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Species Tantilla johnsoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 johnsoni, p. 135).
Further reading
[edit]- Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
- Wilson LD, Mata-Silva V (2014). "Snakes of the genus Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) in Mexico: taxonomy, distribution, and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology 1 (1): 5–95. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Wilson LD, Mata-Silva V (2015). "A checklist and key to the snakes of the Tantilla clade (Squamata: Colubridae), with comments on taxonomy, distribution, and conservation" Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (4): 418–498.
- Wilson LD, Vaughn RK, Dixon JR (1999). "Another New Species of Tantilla of the taeniata Group from Chiapas, Mexico". Journal of Herpetology 33 (1): 1–5. (Tantilla johnsoni, new species).
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