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. www.reptile-database.org.
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.
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Further reading
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