Tantilla briggsi, also known commonly as Briggs's centipede snake and la culebra centipedívora de Briggs 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, briggsi, is in honor of William T. Briggs who was Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado.
Geographic range Tantilla briggsi is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Tantilla briggsi is forest, at altitudes of .
Behavior Tantilla briggsi is terrestrial.
Reproduction Tantilla briggsi is oviparous.
References
Further reading 572 pp. (Tantilla briggsi, p. 44). (Tantilla briggsi, new species). (Tantilla briggsi, p. 21). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).