Tantilla marcovani Lema, 2004a

Passos, Paulo, Rodrigues, Rafael, Pinna, Pedro H., Woitovicz-Cardoso, Manoela, Fernandes, Ronaldo & Caramaschi, Ulisses, 2025, Filling gaps between museum and society: An illustrated catalog of the primary type specimens of Squamata housed in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Zootaxa 5698 (1), pp. 1-91 : 32

Tantilla marcovani Lema, 2004a

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Current status. Tantilla melanocephala ( Linnaeus, 1758) . Synonymy after Mata-Silva & Wilson (2016).

Holotype. Adult male, MNRJ 6525 , collected by Marcovan Porto on 14 May [April as informed by the author] 1990 at Pico do Jabre Mountain Range ( 7°11'10"S, 37°25'53"W [approximate]; 1090 m asl [approximate]), at 50 Km southwest from the city of Teixeira [as informed by the author], Municipality of Maturéia, State of Paraíba, Brazil.

Remarks. Holotype ( 239 mm SVL) with prepared hemipenis kept inside a cryotube together with specimen. No tissue samples available.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Dorsal (A), ventral (B), and lateral (C) views of head and dorsal (D) and ventral (E) views of body of the holotype of Tantilla marcovani Lema, 2004a [= Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)].