Forest Sharp-tailed Snake
Contia longicauda
Feldman and Hoyer, 2010
KOHN-tee-ah — lawn-jih-KAW-duh
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Occurrences:;
528
Total;
204
Museum;
324
Other
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Taxonomic Etymology:
A long-tailed relative of C. tenuis, described recently.
Contia — A patronym honoring John Lawrence LeConte (1825–1883), a prominent American entomologist and naturalist, with the Latinized form Contia derived from “Conte.”
longicauda — From Latin longus, “long,” and cauda, “tail.” Refers to the species’ relatively long tail, distinguishing it morphologically from C. tenuis.