Tantilla shawi
| Tantilla shawi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Tantilla |
| Species: | T. shawi
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| Binomial name | |
| Tantilla shawi Taylor, 1949
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Tantilla shawi, also known commonly as the Potosí centipede snake and la culebra centipedívora de San Luis Potosí in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, shawi, is in honor of American zoologist Charles R. Shaw who collected the holotype.[3]: 241
Geographic distribution
Tantilla shawi is found in eastern Mexico, in the states of San Luis Potosí and Veracruz.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Tantilla shawi is forest,[1] at altitudes around 1,372 m (4,501 ft).[2]
Reproduction
Tantilla shawi is oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b Lavin, P.; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Hammerson, G.A. (2007). "Tantilla shawi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63960A12731832. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63960A12731832.en. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d Species Tantilla shawi 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. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Further reading
- Campbell, J.A.; Camarillo, J.L.; Ustach, P.C. (1995). "Redescription and Rediagnosis of Tantilla shawi (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico". Southwestern Naturalist. 40 (1): 120–123.
- Heimes, P. (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp.
- Taylor, E.H. (1947). "A Preliminary Account of the Herpetology of the State of San Luis Potosí, México". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 23 (1): 169–215. (Tantilla shawi, new species, pp. 207–209).
- Wilson, L.D. (1991). "Tantilla shawi (Taylor) [sic]". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 528: 1.