Contia (snake)

Contia
Contia tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Contia
Baird and Girard, 1853
Type species
Contia tenuis

Contia is a small genus of small snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is native to western North America.

Etymology

The generic name, Contia, is in honor of American entomologist John Lawrence LeConte.

Species

There are two species which are recognized as being valid.

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Contia longicaudae Feldman & Hoyer, 2010forest sharp-tailed snakenorthern California and southern Oregon
Contia tenuis (Baird & Girard, 1852)sharp-tailed snakeCalifornia, Oregon, and Washington, as well as British Columbia, Canada: Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia around Victoria, British Columbia, and Pemberton, British Columbia

References

  1. ↑ "Contia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Genus Contia, p. 154).
  3. ↑ Contia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2013.

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