Tantilla hendersoni

Tantilla hendersoni
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Tantilla
Species:	T. hendersoni
Binomial name
	Tantilla hendersoni; Stafford, 2004

Last updated October 06, 2025

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]

Etymology

The specific name, hendersoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert William Henderson.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. hendersoni is forest.^[1]

Behavior

T. hendersoni is terrestrial and fossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

T. hendersoni is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Johnson, J.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Acevedo, M. (2014). "Tantilla hendersoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T203316A2763855. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T203316A2763855.en . Retrieved 16 July 2023.
1 2 3 Species Tantilla hendersoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
↑ 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. (Tantilla hendersoni, p. 121).

Hofmann, Erich P.; Gray, Russell J.; Wilson, Larry David; Townsend, Josiah H. (2017). "Discovery of the first male specimen of Tantilla hendersoni Stafford, 2004 (Squamata: Colubridae), from a new locality in central Belize". Herpetology Notes10: 53–57.
Köhler G (2008). Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition. (With a foreword by Larry David Wilson). Offenbach am Main, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 400 pp. ISBN 978-3936180282.
Stafford PJ (2004). "A new species of Tantilla (Serpentes: Colubridae) of the taeniata group from Southern Belize". Journal of Herpetology38 (1): 43–52. (Tantilla hendersoni, new species).
Wilson LD, Mata-Silva V (2015). "A checklist and key to the snakes of the Tantilla clade (Squamata: Colubridae), with comments on taxonomy, distribution, and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology2 (4): 418–498.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 Johnson, J.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Acevedo, M. (2014). "Tantilla hendersoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T203316A2763855. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T203316A2763855.en . Retrieved 16 July 2023.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Species Tantilla hendersoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[3] 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. (Tantilla hendersoni, p. 121).

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