Tantillita lintoni, also known commonly as the brown dwarf short-tailed snake, Linton's dwarf short-tail snake, and la culebrita enana de Linton in Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to southeastern Mexico and Central America. There are two recognized subspecies[2]

Etymology

The specific name, lintoni, is in honor of American archaeologist Linton Satterthwaite Jr.[3]: 159 

The subspecific name, rozellae, is in honor of American herpetologist Rozella Blood Smith who was the wife of American herpetologist Hobart M. Smith.[3]: 228 

Geographic range

T. lintoni is found in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. lintoni is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 550 m (1,800 ft), but it has also been found in banana groves and pastures.[1]

Behavior

T. lintoni is terrestrial.[1]

Reproduction

T. lintoni is oviparous.[1]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Acevedo, M.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Campbell, J.; Johnson, J.; Muñoz-Alons [sic], A. (2013). "Tantillita lintoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T63969A3132253. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63969A3132253.en. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Species Tantillita lintoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ a b Beolens, B; Watkins, M; Grayson, M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

Further reading

  • García-Morales, Diego; Cervantes-Burgos, Romina Itzel; García-Vázquez, Uri Omar (2017). "Geographic Distribution. Tantillita lintoni (Linton's Dwarf Short-tailed Snake)". Herpetological Review. 48 (3): 591.
  • Köhler, G. "Geographic Distribution. Tant[i]llita lintoni (Linton's Dwarf Short-tail Snake)". Herpetological Review. 30 (1): 55.
  • Pérez-Higareda, G. (1985). "A new subspecies of the genus Tantillita from southern Veracruz, Mexico (Serpentes, Colubridae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society. 21 (1): 38–40. (Tantillita lintoni rozellae, new subspecies).
  • Smith, H.M. (1940). "Descriptions of New Lizards and Snakes from Mexico and Guatemala". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 53: 55–64. (Tantilla lintoni, new species, pp. 61–62, Figure 1, three views of head).



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