Tantilla shawi

Tantilla shawi, also known commonly as the Potosí centipede snake and la culebra centipedívora de San Luis Potosí in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, shawi, is in honor of American zoologist Charles R. Shaw who collected the holotype.

Geographic distribution

Tantilla shawi is found in eastern Mexico, in the states of San Luis Potosí and Veracruz.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Tantilla shawi is forest, at altitudes around.

Reproduction

Tantilla shawi is oviparous.