Tantilla johnsoni, also known commonly as Johnson's centipede snake and la culebra centipedÃÂvora de Chiapas in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, johnsoni, is in honor of American zoologist .
Geographic range
Tantilla johnsoni is found in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Tantilla johnsoni is forest.
Behavior
Tantilla johnsoni is terrestrial.
Reproduction
Tantilla johnsoni is oviparous.
References
Further reading
- (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. .
- , (2014). "Snakes of the genus Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) in Mexico: taxonomy, distribution, and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology 1 (1): 5âÂÂ95. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Wilson LD, Mata-Silva V (2015). "A checklist and key to the snakes of the Tantilla clade (Squamata: Colubridae), with comments on taxonomy, distribution, and conservation" Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (4): 418âÂÂ498.
- Wilson LD, , Dixon JR (1999). "Another New Species of Tantilla of the taeniata Group from Chiapas, Mexico". Journal of Herpetology 33 (1): 1âÂÂ5. (Tantilla johnsoni, new species).