Tantilla hendersoni | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Tantilla |
Species: | T. hendersoni
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Binomial name | |
Tantilla hendersoni
Stafford, 2004
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Tantilla hendersoni, also known commonly as the Peten centipede snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. [2] The species is endemic to Belize. [2]
The specific name, hendersoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert William Henderson. [3]
The preferred natural habitat of T. hendersoni is forest. [1]
T. hendersoni is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]
T. hendersoni is oviparous. [2]