Tantillita brevissima (TAYLOR, 1937)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Speckled Dwarf Short-tail Snake S: Culebrita Enana Jaspeada
Synonym	Tantilla brevissima TAYLOR 1937 Tantillita brevissima — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945 Tantillita brevissima — VILLA et al. 1988 Tantilla excubitor WILSON 1982 (fide WILSON 1988) Tantillita brevissima — LINER 1994 Tantillita brevissima — LINER 2007 Tantillita brevissima — WALLACH et al. 2014: 708
Distribution	SE Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas), Guatemala (Escuintla) Type locality: Mexico: Near Tonola, Chiapas.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 25075; E. H. Taylor; August 27- 31, 1935. Holotype: MVZ 88468 (adult? male); [excubitor]
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (661 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	The name brevissima is derived from the Latin brevis, meaning "short," and -issima, the superlative ending, in reference to the short tail and small number of subcaudals.
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 Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp Johnson, Jerry D.; Vicente Mata-Silva, Elí García Padilla, and Larry David Wilson 2015. The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329. - get paper here 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 Mata-Silva, Vicente, Jerry D. Johnson, Larry David Wilson and Elí García-Padilla. 2015. The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62 - get paper here Nahuat-Cervera, P E & Ortiz-Medina, J A; 2019. Geographic Distribution: Tantillita brevissima (Speckled Dwarf Short-tailed Snake) Mexico: Chiapas: Municipality of Ocozocoautla de Espinosa. Herpetological Review 50 (2): 333 - get paper here Rodríguez-Robles, Javier A., Good, David A., Wake, David B. 2003. Brief History of Herpetology in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, with a List of Type Specimens of Recent Amphibians and Reptiles. UC Publications in Zoology, 119 pp. - get paper here Smith, H.M. 1941. A new genus of Central American snakes related to Tantilla. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 31: 115-117. - get paper here Smith, Hobart M. & Taylor, Edward H. 1945. An annotated checklist and key to the snakes of Mexico. Bull. US Natl. Mus. (187): iv + 1-239 - get paper here Taylor, Edward H. 1937. Notes and comments on certain American and Mexican snakes of the genus Tantilla, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 39 [1936]: 335-348 - 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. The status of Tantilla excubitor. Journal of Herpetology 22 (4): 469-470 - 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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