Tantillita | |
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Tantillita canula | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
Genus: | Tantillita H.M. Smith, 1941 |
Tantillita is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Central America.[1]
Three species are recognized as being valid. One species has two subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]
Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or the subspecies, respectively, was originally described in a genus other than Tantillita.
The specific name, lintoni, is in honor of American archeologist Linton Satterthwaite.[2]
The subspecific name, rozellae, is in honor of American herpetologist Rozella Blood Smith, wife of American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith.[2]