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Tantilla triseriata SMITH & SMITH, 1951

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Three-lined Centipede Snake
S: Lagartijerita Tres Líneas 
SynonymTantilla triseriata SMITH & SMITH 1951
Tantilla taeniata triseriata — SMITH & SMITH 1976
Tantilla taeniata triseriata — LINER 1994
Tantilla triseriata — SMITH, CHISZAR & BREUKELEN 1998
Tantilla triseriata — WILSON 1999
Tantilla triseriata — WILSON & MATA-SILVA 2014: 59
Tantilla triseriata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 707 
DistributionSE Mexico (Oaxaca)

Elevation: 914 m (WILSON & MATA-SILVA 2014)

Type locality: Mexico: Coatlan, Oaxaca.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 20198; T. MacDougall; October 9, 1949. 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1772 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentTantilla triseriata usually has been considered as a synonym or subspecies of T. taeniata (see this entry). 
References
  • Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp
  • 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
  • Smith, H.M. & Smith, P.W. 1951. A new snake (Tantilla) from the Isthmus of Tuhuantepec, Oaxaca. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 64: 97-100 - get paper here
  • Smith, H.M.; CHISZAR,D. & BREUKELEN,F. v. 1998. Resurrection of Tantilla triseriata (Reptilia: Serpentes) of Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 43 (3): 374-375 - 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, 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, Larry David and Vicente Mata-Silva. 2014. Snakes of the genus Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) in Mexico: taxonomy, distribution, and Conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1 (1): 5-95 - 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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