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Tantillita canula (COPE, 1875)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yucatecan Dwarf Short-tail Snake
S: Culebrita Enana Yucateca 
SynonymTantilla vermiformis — COPE 1866 (in error)
Tantilla canula COPE 1876: 144
Homalocranium breve GÜNTHER 1895
Homalocranium canulum — GÜNTHER 1895
Homalocranium canula — BOULENGER 1896
Tantilla brevis — AMARAL 1929
Tantilla canula canula — NEILL & ALLEN 1961
Tantilla brevis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 294
Tantillita canula — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 294
Tantilla canula — WILSON et al. 1977
Tantillita canula — SMITH et al. 1993
Tantillita canula — LINER 1994
Tantillita canula — LINER 2007
Tantillita canula — WALLACH et al. 2014: 708 
DistributionMexico (Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo),
Guatemala (El Petén), Belize, NE El Salvador

Type locality: Yucatan  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: USNM 24881, 24882 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1029 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentTantilla brevicauda MERTENS 1952 has been removed from synonymy with Tantillita canula. 
EtymologyThe name canula is derived from the diminuitive of the Latin canna, meaning "a reed or cane," in allusion to the slender, elongate shape of the body of this snake. 
References
  • Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, Canseco-Márquez L 2021. Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153 - get paper here
  • Campbell, J.A. 1998. Amphibians and reptiles of northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, xiii + 380 pp. - get paper here
  • Cervera, P. E. N., Jesús-Espinosa, D., & Contreras-Moreno, F. M. 2024. New records of the Yucatecan Dwarf Short-tailed Snake,(Tantillita canula) Cope 1875 (Squamata: Colubridae), in Southern Mexico. Reptiles & Amphibians, 31(1): e21813-e21813 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1875. On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica with notes on the herpetology and ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia N.S. (2) 8: 93-183 [sometimes said to be published 1876 but see Murphy et al. 2007 for clarification]] - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp
  • Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp.
  • Lee, J. C. 2000. A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Maya world. Cornell University Press, Ithaca,
  • Lee, J.C. 1996. The amphibians and reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 500 pp.
  • Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1952. Die Amphibien und Reptilien von El Salvador. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) (No. 487): 120 pp.
  • MURPHY R. W., SMITH A. and NGO A. 2007. The versions of Cope's Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica. Bibliotheca Herpetologica 7 (1): - get paper here
  • NAHUAT-CERVERA, P. E., F. PERAZA-ROMERO, AND J. R. CEDENO-VAZQUEZ 2020. Tantillita canula (Yucatecan Dwarf Short-Tail Snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 51: 629-630.
  • Nahuat-Cervera, Pedro Enrique 2020. Amphibians and reptiles of the Hobonil Educative Center, Tzucacab, Yucatán, Mexico. Rev. Latinoamer. Herp. 3 (1): 53-65 - get paper here
  • O’Shea, M. 2018. The Book of Snakes. Ivy Press / Quarto Publishing, London, - get paper here
  • Platt, Steven G., Thomas R. Rainwater, Jan C. Meerman and Stanlee M. Miller. 2016. Nature Notes. Notes on the diet, foraging behavior, and venom of some snakes in Belize. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (1): 162–170 - get paper here
  • Schmidt, K. P, & ANDREWS, E. W. 1936. Notes on snakes from Yucatán. Field Mus. Nat Hist. Zool. Ser. 20: 167-187. - get paper here
  • Smith, H. M., O. Flores-Villela, and D. Chiszar 1993. The generic allocation of Tantilla canula. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 29: 126-29 - 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 1988. Tantillita Smith. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 455: 1-2 - get paper here
  • Wilson, L. D. 1986. The status of the name Homalocranium breve Günther, 1895. Southwestern Naturalist 31 (2): 243-444 - get paper here
  • Wilson, L. D. 1988. Tantilla canula (Cope). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 434 - 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. 1986. The status of Homalocranium breve Günther, 1895 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Southwestern Naturalist 31:61-62. - get paper here
 
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