Tantilla sertula WILSON & CAMPBELL, 2000
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Garland Centipede Snake S: Culebra Centipedívora del Balsas |
Synonym | Tantilla sertula WILSON & CAMPBELL 2000 Tantilla sertula — FLORES-VILLELA & CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ 2004 Tantilla sertula — WILSON & MATA-SILVA 2014: 52 Tantilla sertula — WALLACH et al. 2014: 705 |
Distribution | Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca) Type locality: 0.8 km NNE of the junction of Mexico highway 200 on the road to La Unión (17°59’ N, 101°49’ W), Guerrero, Mexico; approx. elevation slightly above 150 m. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: UTA R-38145, juvenile female |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A member of the Tantilla calamarina group with 7 supralabials; 161 ventrals; 30 subcaudals; two postoculars; 1+1 temporals, contacting one another; a dark middorsal stripe occupying the middle of the middorsal scale row; no dark lateral stripe; a head pattern consisting of a spatulate dark anterior extension of the middorsal dark stripe occupying the dorsum of the head, flanked by pale narrow, longitudinal stripes broadly separated from pale postparietal spots; and uniformly dark brown supralabials. |
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Etymology | The name sertula is derived from the dimunitive of the Latin word serta, meaning “little garland or wreath,” in reference to the distinctive pattern on the dorsum of the head (Wilson and Campbell, 2000). |
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