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Humboldt Life

Genus

Contia (Sharp-tailed snakes)

Contia tenuis

Contia tenuis. Photo: (c) Grant Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Contia is a small genus of colubrid snakes endemic to North America.

— Wikipedia

  • Humboldt Life
    • Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
      • Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
        • Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
          • Class: Reptilia (Reptiles)
            • Order: Squamata (Snakes and lizards)
              • Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)
                • Family: Colubridae (Colubrid snakes)
                  • Subfamily: Dipsadinae (Dipsadine snakes)
                    • Genus: Contia (Sharp-tailed snakes)
                      • Species: Contia tenuis (Sharp-tailed snake)
                      • Species: Contia longicaudae (Forest sharp-tailed snake)

Subtaxa

Species: Contia tenuis (Sharp-tailed snake)

Contia tenuis

Species: Contia longicaudae (Forest sharp-tailed snake)

Contia longicaudae

Where in Humboldt



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