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Tantilla petersi WILSON, 1979

IUCN Red List - Tantilla petersi - Critically Endangered, CR
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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Peters' Black-headed Snake 
SynonymTantilla petersi WILSON 1979
Tantilla petersi — WILSON 1991
Tantilla petersi — WILSON 1999
Tantilla petersi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 704 
DistributionEcuador (Imbabura)

Type locality: San Nicolas, Pimanpiro [= Pimampiro, 0°26' N, 77°58'W), Prov. Imbabura, Ecuador.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: UMMZ 92074, adult female, collected 10 June 1934 by P. Hershkowitz. 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after James A. Peters (1922-1972), American herpetologist, specializing on South American reptiles. 
References
  • Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - 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 1991. Tantilla petersi Wilson. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 527: 1 - get paper here
  • 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,L.D. 1979. A new snake of the genus Tantilla from Ecuador. Herpetologica 35 (3): 274-276 - get paper here
  • Wilson,L.D. 1987. A Résumé of the Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Tantilla of South America. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contr. Biol. Geol. (68): 1-35 - get paper here
 
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