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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusTantilla
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Potosí Centipede Snake

Tantilla shawi Taylor, 1949

Also calledCulebra Centipedívora de San Luis Potosi (spa) · Culebra ciempiés de Potosí (spa) · Culebra ciempiés de San Luis Potosí (spa) · Culebra-ciempiés de Potosí (spa)

First described in: Taylor, E. H. A preliminary account of the herpetology of the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2456506.