Sharp-tailed snake

For the sharp-tailed snake genus in the Colubridae, see Contia (snake).

Sharp-tailed snake

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Contia
Species:
C. tenuis
Binomial name
Contia tenuis
(Baird & Girard,1852)
Synonyms
  • Calamaria tenuis
    Baird & Girard, 1852
  • Contia mitis
    Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Ablabes purpureocauda
    Günther, 1858
  • Homolosoma mite
    — Jan, 1862
  • Lodia tenuis
    — Cope, 1898
  • Contia tenuis
    — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917

The sharp-tailed snake or sharptail snake (Contia tenuis) is a small species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Western United States and British Columbia.

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