Tantilla robusta CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ, MENDELSOHN & GUTIÉRREZ-MAYÉN, 2002

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
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)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: EBUAP 1031, adult female (Laboratorio de Herpetología, Escuela de Biología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla)
Diagnosis
Comment
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
External links	IUCN Red List - Tantilla robusta - Data Deficient, DD Google images

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