Tantilla olympia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Superclassis*: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Tantilla
Species: Tantilla olympia

Name

Tantilla olympia Townsend, Wilson, Medina-Flores, & Herrera, 2013: 194

• Holotype: USNM 574000, adult ♂, collected by Hermes Vega R. and Paul R. House on 31 July 2010.
• Type locality: “La Liberación (15.541° N, 87.294°W), 1,150 m a.s.l., Refugio de Vida Silvestre Texíguat, Departamento de Atlántida, Honduras”.

References

Primary references

• Townsend, J.H., Wilson, L.D., Medina-Flores, M., & Herrera, L.A. 2013. A New Species of Centipede Snake in the Tantilla taeniata Group (Squamata: Colubridae) from Premontane Rainforest in Refugio De Vida Silvestre Texíguat, Honduras. Journal of Herpetology 47(1): 191–200. DOI: 10.1670/11-172 Reference page. 

Links

• Ortega, A., Renjifo, J., Zamora, G. & Rivas, G. 2016. IUCN: Tantilla olympia  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203327A2764025. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203327A2764025.en. Accessed on 02 January 2026.