Tantilla slavensi, also known commonly as Slavens's centipede snake and la culebra centipedívora de Slavens 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, slavensi, is in honor of American herpetologist Frank L. Slavens.
Description Dorsally, Tantilla slavensi has a pattern of light brown and dark brown stripes. Ventrally, it is orange, which fades to white in preservative. The dorsal scales, which are smooth and lack apical pits, are arranged in 15 rows throughout the length of the body. The holotype has a total length of , which includes a tail length of .
Geographic distribution Tantilla slavensi is found in eastern Mexico, in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Tantilla slavensi is forest, at altitudes of .
Behavior Tantilla slavensi is terrestrial and fossorial.
Reproduction Tantilla slavensi is oviparous.
References
Further reading 572 pp. (Tantilla slavensi, new species). (Tantilla slavensi, p. 54).