Contia (snake)

Contia
Contia tenuis
Scientific classification
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Contia
Baird and Girard, 1853[1]
Type species
Contia tenuis

Contia is a small genus of colubrid snakes endemic to North America.

Etymology

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

Species

There are two recognized species:[3]

References

  1. "Contia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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

Further reading


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