Tantilla andinista WILSON & MENA, 1980
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Tantilla andinista
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Andes Centipede Snake |
| Synonym | Tantilla andinista WILSON & MENA 1980 Tantilla andinista — SAWAYA & SAZIMA 2003 Tantilla andinista — WALLACH et al. 2014: 698 |
| Distribution | Ecuador (Chimborazo) Type locality: 5 km E Alausí, elevation 2600-2750 m, Prov. Chimborazo, Ecuador. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: KU 135209 (adult female) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A member of the Tantilla melanocephala group with a pattern consisting of a large amount of pale markings on the head on a dark brown background, a tan dorsal ground color, a narrow dark middorsal stripe (confined to middle of the middorsal row), and a narrow pale lateral stripe (confined to the upper half of row 3). The head pattern consists of an extensive pale marking on the snout, continuing posteriorly over the supraocular and anterolateral corner of the parietal downward onto the postoculars, anterior portion of the anterior temporal and supralabials 4, 5, and 6. The dark head cap is followed by a wide middorsally divided pale nuchal band, then a dark nape band, and finally by a pale neck band (Figs. 7, 12A). (Wilson & Mena 1980) |
| Comment | This taxon is still known from but a single specimen (Wilson 1999, Wilson & Mata-Silva 2015) |
| Etymology | Named after the Andes, with the name meaning “wanderer among the Andes”. |
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