Tantilla ruficeps (COPE, 1894)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Pogonaspis ruficeps COPE 1894: 204 Homalocranium ruficeps — BOULENGER 1896 Tantilla ruficeps — AMARAL 1929 Tantilla ruficeps — SAVAGE 2002 Tantilla ruficeps — SOLÓRZANO 2006 Tantilla ruficeps — SAVAGE 2009 Tantilla ruficeps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 705 Tantilla ruficeps — SUNYER & MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA 2023
Distribution	Costa Rica, Nicaragua, W Panama (elevation 1-1600 m) Type locality: Jimenez
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: AMNH 17272
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2386 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Listed as synonym of T. melanocephala by Wilson 1999.
Etymology	Named after Latin relicta, forsaken, abandoned, derelict; left untouched. [“...In recognition of its probable origin during fluctuations of Pleistocene sea levels, I designate the populations of Tantilla within peninsular Florida south of the Suwannee River and north of Dade County and the outlet of the Peace River into the Gulf of Mexico as Tantilla relicta new species...”].
References	Cope, E.D. 1894. Third addition to a knowledge of the batrachia and reptilia of Costa Rica. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1894: 194-206 - get paper here Ray, Julie M. and Patty Ruback 2015. Updated checklists of snakes for the provinces of Panamá and Panamá Oeste, Republic of Panama. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (2): 168-188 - get paper here Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas. University of Chicago Press, 934 pp. [review in Copeia 2003 (1): 205] Savage, J.M. & Bolaños, F. 2009. A checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: Additions and nomenclatural revisions. Zootaxa 2005: 1–23 - get paper here Solorzano, A. 2004. Serpientes de Costa Rica - Snakes of Costa Rica. Editorial INBio, Costa Rica, 792 pp. Sunyer, Javier 2014. An updated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Nicaragua. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1 (2): 186–202. - get paper here Sunyer, Javier & José́ Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca 2023. An updated country checklist to the amphibians and reptiles of Nicaragua. REVISTA NICARAGÜENSE DE BIODIVERSIDAD (100): 1-25 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Wilson, L.D. 1999. Checklist and key to the species of the genus Tantilla (Serpentes: Colubridae), with some commentary on distribution. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (122): 1-34 - get paper here Wilson, Larry David and Vicente Mata-Silva 2015. A checklist and key to the snakes of the Tantilla clade (Squamata: Colubridae), with comments on distribution and conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (4): 418 - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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