Tantilla johnsoni explained

Tantilla johnsoni, also known commonly as Johnson's centipede snake and la culebra centipedívora de Chiapas in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, johnsoni, is in honor of American zoologist Jerry Douglas Johnson.^[2]

Geographic range

T. johnsoni is found in the Mexican state of Chiapas.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. johnsoni is forest.

Behavior

T. johnsoni is terrestrial.

Reproduction

T. johnsoni is oviparous.^[1]

Further reading

• Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. .
• Wilson LD, Mata-Silva V (2014). "Snakes of the genus Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) in Mexico: taxonomy, distribution, and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology 1 (1): 5–95. (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): 418–498.
• Wilson LD, Vaughn RK, Dixon JR (1999). "Another New Species of Tantilla of the taeniata Group from Chiapas, Mexico". Journal of Herpetology 33 (1): 1–5. (Tantilla johnsoni, new species).

Notes and References

1. www.reptile-database.org.
2. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens B]