Florida crowned snake

The Florida crowned snake (Tantilla relicta) is a species of colubrid snake endemic to Florida.

Florida crowned snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Tantilla
Species:
T. relicta
Binomial name
Tantilla relicta
Telford, 1966
Florida crowned snake range[1]
Florida crowned snake (Tantilla relicta) in central Florida.

Geographic range

T. relicta is found in central peninsular Florida.[2]

Description

T. relicta is a small species with a maximum recorded total length (including tail) of 24 cm (9.5 in).[3]

It has a light body color and darker head.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.[4]

  • Tantilla relicta neilli Telford, 1966
  • Tantilla relicta pamlica Telford, 1966
  • Tantilla relicta relicta Telford, 1966

Etymology

The subspecific name, neilli, is in honor of American herpetologist Wilfred T. Neill.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey (2017). "Florida Crowned Snake (Tantilla relicta) rFCSNx_CONUS_2001v1 Range Map". Gap Analysis Project. doi:10.5066/F78W3C8B.
  2. Conant R (1975). A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. xvii + 429 pp. ISBN 0-395-19979-4 (hardcover), ISBN 0-395-19977-8 (paperback). (Tantilla relicta, pp. 220-222, Figure 67 + Plate 33 + Map 164).
  3. Smith, Hobart M.; Brodie, Edmund D., Jr. (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3 (paperback), ISBN 0-307-47009-1 (hardcover). (Tantilla relicta, pp. 172-173).
  4. "Tantilla relicta ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  5. 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. (Tantilla relicta neilli, p. 188).

Further reading
  • Telford, Sam Rountree, Jr. (1966). "Variation among the southeastern crowned snakes, genus Tantilla ". Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 10 (7): 261–304. ("Tantilla relicta new species", pp. 270–271).



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