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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Contia
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Contia

Sharp-tailed Snakes

Spitzschwanznattern

Spidshalesnoge

1853 Contia Girard (type species: Contia mitis Baird & Girard 1853)
1853 Lodia Girard in Baird & Girard (type species: Calamaria tenuis Baird & Girard 1852)
Contents: 2 species, of which 1 (50.0%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously included Eirenis.
Distribution: Canada (British Columbia [incl. Vancouver Island]), USA (California, Oregon, Washington).

Contia longicaudae

Forest Sharp-tailed Snake

Wald-Spitzschwanznatter

Skov-spidshalesnog

2010 Contia longicaudae Feldman & Hoyer

Distribution: USA (California, Oregon).


Contia tenuis

Common Sharp-tailed Snake

Gewöhnliche Spitzschwanznatter

Almindelig Spidshalesnog

1852 Calamaria tenuis Baird & Girard
Contia tenuis Fitch 1936
1853 Contia mitis Baird & Girard (Schmidt 1953)
1858 Ablabes purpureocauda Günther (Schmidt 1953)

Remarks: Previously included the populations now assigned to longicaudae.
Distribution: Canada (British Columbia [incl. Vancouver Island]), USA (California, Oregon, Washington).