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Contia (snake)

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Contia
Contia tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Etymology

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

Species

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There are two recognized species:[3]

Image Scientific Name Common Name Distribution
Contia longicaudae Feldman & Hoyer, 2010 forest sharp-tailed snake northern California and southern Oregon
Contia tenuis (Baird & Girard, 1852) sharp-tailed snake California, Oregon, and Washington, as well as British Columbia, Canada: Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia around Victoria, British Columbia,and Pemberton, British Columbia

References

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  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

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  • 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).