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Tantilla alticola (BOULENGER, 1903)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Boulenger's Centipede Snake 
SynonymHomalocranium alticola BOULENGER 1903: 353
Homalocranium jani GÜNTHER 1895 (part.)
Homalocranium fuscum — BOULENGER 1896 (part. — in error)
Homalocranium alticola BOULENGER 1903
Homalocranium coralliventre BOULENGER 1913: 1035
Tantilla alticola — AMARAL 1929: 219
Tantilla costaricensis TAYLOR 1954
Tantilla schistosa costaricensis — SMITH 1962
Tantilla alticola — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 294
Tantilla alticola — JANSEN & KÖHLER 2003
Tantilla alticola — WALLACH et al. 2014: 698
Tantilla alticola — SUNYER & MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA 2023 
DistributionNicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama,
NW Colombia (Nariño, Valle del Cauca, Cauca, Tolima), Ecuador, elevation 91-2743 m

Type locality: from Santa Rita, north of Medellin, Colombia, [elevation] 9000 feet = 2743 m, collected by Mr. A. E. Pratt.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.1.8.63-65 (formerly BMNH 98.10.27.7-9), first two males, third apparently a female, collected by A. E. Pratt (date of collection unknown; accessioned 27 October 1898). However, the BMNH online catalogue gives two syntypes as 1946.1.8.83-84. 
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CommentSynonymy partly after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin alticola, dwelling in, inhabiting, living among high up or on the top. [“...from Santa Rita, north of Medellin, Colombia, altitude 9000 feet...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1913. On a collection of batrachians and reptiles made by Dr. H.G. Spurrell,F.Z.S. in the Choco, Colombia. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1913: 1019-1038 - get paper here
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  • Myers, E.A.; S. Ruane; K. Knight; J.L. Knight; J.M. Ray. 2013. Distribution Record of Tantilla alticola Boulenger, 1903 (Squamata: Colubridae) in Coclé Province, Republic of Panama. Check List 9 (1):151-152 - get paper here
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