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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Dipsadidae
Forest Sharp-tailed Snake
Contia longicauda
Feldman and Hoyer, 2010
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Purple-tailed Snake
(
Contia mitis
: Yarrow, Henry C.
1882
. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249);
Sharp-tailed Snake
(
Contia tenuis
: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis.
1941
. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.);
Sharp-tailed Snake
(
Contia tenuis
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
2010
Feldman, Chris R. and Richard F. Hoyer. A New Species of Snake in the Genus
Contia
(Squamata: Colubridae) from California and Oregon. Copeia 2010(2):254–267
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