| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Three-banded Centipede Snake |
| Synonym | Tantilla tritaeniata SMITH & WILLIAMS 1966
Tantilla taeniata tritaeniata — SMITH & SMITH 1976
Tantilla tritaeniata — WILSON & MCCRANIE 1999
Tantilla tritaeniata — MCCRANIE 2011
Tantilla tritaeniata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 707
Tantilla tritaeniata — ANTÚNEZ-FONSECA et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Honduras (Las Islas de la Bahia)
Type locality: Isla Bonacca (= Isla de Guanaja), Islas de la Bahia, Honduras.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 94.12.28.23, adult female, probably collected by G. F. Gaumer, date of collection unknown. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A Tantilla with 7 supralabials, 161 ventrals and 65 caudals (9); a broad, light nuchal collar (interrupted medially and laterally); a middorsal light line, one and two half scale rows wide on body, extending most of length of tail; a light lateral line on adjacent halves of third and fourth scale row, ending at base of tail; venter and lower edge of first scalerow light. (SMITH & WILLIAMS 1966) |
| Comment | Tantilla tritaeniata has been resurrected from synonymy with Tantilla taeniata by WILSON & MCCRANIE 1999. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin tri-, consisting of, having, etc., three of the things named + Latin taenia, ribbon, tape, band + Latin -atus, having the nature of. [“...a middorsal light line, one and two half scale rows wide on body, extending most of length of tail; a light lateral line on adjacent halves of third and fourth scale row, ending at base of tail...”]. |
| References |
- Antúnez-Fonseca CA, Castro JA, España FG, Townsend JH, Wilson LD. 2020. A new species of Tantilla of the taeniata group (Squamata: Colubridae) from Refugio de Vida Silvestre Barras de Cuero y Salado in Caribbean coastal Honduras. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 86–102 (e258) - get paper here
- Campbell, Jonathan A. 1998. Comments on the identities of certain Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guatemala, with descriptions of two new species. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, (7):1-14. - get paper here
- Hedges SB, Powell R, Henderson RW, Hanson S, and Murphy JC 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1–53
- Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp.
- McCranie J R 2011. A new species of Tantilla of the taeniata species group (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae, Colubrinae) from northeastern Honduras. Zootaxa 3037: 37–44 - get paper here
- McCranie J R 2011. The snakes of Honduras. SSAR, Salt Lake City, 725 pp.
- McCranie, James R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386 - get paper here
- Smith, Hobart M. & Williams, Keneth L. 1966. A new snake (Tantilla) from Las Islas de la Bahia, Honduras. Southwestern Naturalist 11: 483-487 - get paper here
- Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2014. An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144 - get paper here
- Townsend, Josiah H.; Larry David Wilson, Melissa Medina-Flores, and Luis A. Herrera-B. 2013. A New Species of Centipede Snake in the Tantilla taeniata Group (Squamata: Colubridae) from Premontane Rainforest in Refugio De Vida Silvestre Texíguat, Honduras. Journal of Herpetology Mar 2013, Vol. 47, No. 1: 191-200. - 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, L.D. & McCranie, J.R. 2003. The conservation status of the herpetofauna of Honduras. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 3 (1): 6-33 - 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
- Wilson,L.D. 1982. A Review of the Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Tantilla of Central America. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contr. Biol. Geol. (52): 1-77 - get paper here
- Wilson,L.D. 1983. Tantilla taeniata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 344: 1-2. - get paper here
- Wilson,L.D. & McCranie,J.R. 1999. The systematic status of Honduran populations of the Tantilla taeniata group (Serpentes: Colubridae), with notes on other populations. Amphibia-Reptilia 20 (3): 326-329 - get paper here
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