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GBIF·8625723speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusTantilla
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Red Earth Centipede Snake

Tantilla schistosa (Bocourt, 1883)

Also calledColubro millepiedi della terra rossa (ita) · Culebra ciempiés de tierra colorada (spa) · Culebra-ciempiés de tierra colorada (spa) · Culebrita de tierra roja (spa) · Pequeña Traga-cienpiés (spa)

First described in: Bocourt, M. F. In A. Duméril, M. F. Bocourt, and F. Mocquard, (1870-1909), Etudes sur les reptiles, p. i-xiv, 1-1012. In Recherches Zoologiques pour servir a l’Histoire de Ia Faune de l’Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l’Amérique Centrale, Recherches zoologiques. Part 2, sect. 1.

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 8625723.