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Contia tenuis (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Baird, S.F. and Girard,C. Descriptions of new species of reptiles, collected by the U.S. exploring expedition under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. First part. - Including the species from the Western coast of America.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Colubridae
genus
Contia
species
Contia tenuis

Name

Synonyms
Calamaria tenuis Baird & Girard, 1852
Contia mitis Baird & Girard, 1853
Homonyms
Contia tenuis (Baird & Girard, 1852)
Common names
(Common) Sharptail Snake in English
(Common) Sharptail Snake in English
Cobra-de-cauda-afiada in Portuguese
Common Sharp-tailed Snake in English
Common Sharp-tailed Snake in English
Common Sharptail Snake in English
Culebra de Cola Puntiaguda in Spanish
Dornschwanzschlange in German
Dornschwanzschlange in German
Sharp-tailed Snake in English
Sharp-tailed Snake in English
Sharptail Snake in English
Sharptail Snake in English
couleuvre à queue fine in French
контия in Russian
острохвостая змея in Russian
Sharptail Snake in English
Sharp-tailed Snake in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
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