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Contia (snake)
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| Contia tenuis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Contia Baird and Girard, 1853[1] |
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| Contia tenuis | |
Contia is a small genus of small snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is native to western North America.
Etymology
[edit]The generic name, Contia, is in honor of American entomologist John Lawrence LeConte.[2]
Species
[edit]There are two species which are recognized as being valid.[3]
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Contia longicaudae Feldman & Hoyer, 2010 | forest sharp-tailed snake | northern California and southern Oregon |
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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
[edit]- ^ "Contia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Contia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2013.
Further reading
[edit]- 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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