Tantilla relicta
Telford, 1966
tan-TIL-uh — rel-IK-taw
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Schrey et al. (2015, Journal of Herpetology 49: 415–419), using mtDNA data, found a genetic, north-South split in mid-peninsular populations.
Page 52: "north-South" should be "north-south". — (4/10/2025)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1938
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Blanchard, Frank N. Snakes of the genus Tantilla in the United States. Zoological Series of the Field Museum of Natural History 20(28):369-376
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1966
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Telford, Sam R., Jr. Variation among the southeastern crowned snakes, genus Tantilla. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 10(7):261-304
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1980
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Telford, Sam R., Jr. Tantilla relicta. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (257):1-2
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1982
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Wilson, Larry David. Tantilla. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (307):1-4
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1991
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Collins, Joseph T. Viewpoint: A new taxonomic arrangement for some North American amphibins and reptiles Herpetological Review 22(2):42-43
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2014
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Crother, Brian I. The bold taxonomic hypotheses of Collins (1991): 23 years later. Herpetological Review 45(2):268-272
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2015
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Schrey, Aaron W., R. Kyle Evans, Megan Netherland, Kyle G. Ashton, Henry R. Mushinsky, and Earl D. McCoy. Phylogeography of the Peninsula Crowned Snake (Tantilla relicta relicta) on the Lake Wales Ridge in Central Florida. Journal of Herpetology 49(3):415-419
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