Contia (snake)

Contia is a small genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to North America.

Contia
Contia tenuis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Contia
Baird and Girard, 1853[1]
Type species
Contia tenuis

Etymology

The generic name, Contia, is in honor of American entomologist John Lawrence LeConte.[2]

Species

There are two recognized species:[3]

  • Contia longicaudae Feldman & Hoyer, 2010 – forest sharp-tailed snake
  • Contia tenuis (Baird & Girard, 1852) – sharp-tailed snake

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.

Further reading
  • Baird SF, Girard CF (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 172 pp. (Contia, new genus, p. 110).


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