Tantilla schistosa
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Red Earth Centipede Snake
Also known as:
Lesser Centipede-eater
This little cutie was the smallest snake my guide Fred Muller and I saw on this trip to Guatemala. It looked like a wormier version of the second-smallest snake we saw, the larger though still tiny Ninia diademata.
Here is a list of all the reptiles and frogs I saw on this trip to Guatemala.
Online references:
- Tantilla schistosa account on The Reptile Database
- Tantilla schistosa account on iNaturalist
Printed references:
- Campbell, J. A. 1998. Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize
- Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition
- Lee, J. C. 2000. A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World: The Lowlands of Mexico, Northern Guatemala, and Belize