Contia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Heterodontinae
Genus: Contia
Species (2): C. longicaudae – C. tenuis
Name

Contia Baird & Girard, 1853: 110

Type species: Contia mitis Baird & Girard, 1853, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Feldman, C.R. & Hoyer, R.F. 2010. A New Species of Snake in the Genus Contia (Squamata: Colubridae) from California and Oregon. Copeia 2010(2): 254–267. DOI: 10.1643/CH-09-129

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Contia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 October 2019.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Dornschwanzschlange
English: Sharptail

Contia is a small genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to North America.

Etymology

The generic name, Contia, is in honor of American entomologist John Lawrence LeConte.[2]
Species

There are two recognized species:[3]

Contia longicaudae Feldman & Hoyer, 2010 – forest sharp-tailed snake
Contia tenuis (Baird & Girard, 1852) – sharp-tailed snake

References

"Contia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Genus Contia, p. 154).

Contia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2013.