Tantilla briggsi
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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. briggsi
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| Tantilla briggsi Savitzky & H.M. Smith, 1971
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Tantilla briggsi, also known commonly as Briggs's centipede snake and la culebra centipedívora de Briggs 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, briggsi, is in honor of William T. Briggs who was Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado.[3]: 39
Geographic range
[edit]Tantilla briggsi is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of Tantilla briggsi is forest, at altitudes of 100–200 m (330–660 ft).[1][2]
Behavior
[edit]Tantilla briggsi is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]Tantilla briggsi is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Canseco-Márquez, L. (2007). "Tantilla briggsi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63937A12729863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63937A12729863.en. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d Species Tantilla briggsi 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
[edit]- Heimes, P. (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3899731002. 572 pp.
- Liner, E.A. (2007). "A Check of the Amphibians and Reptiles of México". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (80): 1–59. (Tantilla briggsi, p. 44).
- Savitzky, A.H.; Smith, H.M. (1971). "A New Snake from Mexico of the taeniata Group of Tantilla". Journal of Herpetology. 5 (3/4): 167–171. (Tantilla briggsi, new species).
- Wilson, L.D.; Mata-Silva, V. (2014). "Snakes of the genus Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) in Mexico: taxonomy, distribution, and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology. 1 (1): 5–95. (Tantilla briggsi, p. 21). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
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