Linton's Dwarf Short-tail Snake
Tantillita lintoni
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Tantillita
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Recorded in 7 places on iNaturalist
About
Linton's Dwarf Short-tail Snake (Tantillita lintoni) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 13 more. Recorded in 7 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Underground Burrows
- Loose Soil
- Leaf Litter
- Fallen Logs
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Yucatán Tropical Forest
Related snakes
- Yucatecan Dwarf Short-tail Snake Tantillita canula
- Speckled Dwarf Short-tail Snake Tantillita brevissima
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
- Erythrolamprus rochai
- Tantilla gottei
- Cunene Racer Mopanveldophis zebrinus
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.