Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Pueblan Centipede Snake S: Serpiente Centipedívora Robusta |
Synonym | Tantilla robusta CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ, MENDELSOHN & GUTIÉRREZ-MAYÉN 2002 Tantilla morgani — CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ et al. 2000 (misidentification) Tantilla robusta — WILSON & MATA-SILVA 2014: 47 Tantilla robusta — WALLACH et al. 2014: 704 |
Distribution | Mexico (Puebla)
Elevation: 930 m (WILSON & MATA-SILVA 2014)
Type locality: Octimaxal Norte, 930 m elevation, Municipio de Cuetzalan del Progreso, Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico (20° 02.743’ N, 97° 30.103’ W)
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: EBUAP 1031, adult female (Laboratorio de Herpetología, Escuela de Biología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla) |
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Etymology | The name robusta is derived from the Latin word robustus, meaning “stout,” in reference to the robust habitus of this snake. |
References |
- Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendelson III, J.R. & Gutiérrez-Mayén, G. 2002. A new species of large Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Puebla, Mexico. Herpetologica 58 (4): 492-497 - get paper here
- Canseco-Marquez,L.; Gutierrez-Mayen,G. & Salazar-Arenas,J. 2000. New records and range extensions for amphibians and reptiles from Puebla, México. Herpetological Review 31 (4): 259-263 - get paper here
- Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp
- 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, 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
- Woolrich-Piña, G. A., E. García-Padilla, D. L. DeSantis, J. D. Johnson, V. Mata-Silva, and L. D. Wilson. 2017. The herpetofauna of Puebla, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(4): 791–884
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