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Acontias
Acontias A*con"ti*as, n. [NL., from Gr. ?, fr. ?, dim. ? dart.] (Zo["o]l.) Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.

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- 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...
- Contia is a small genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to North America. The generic name, Contia, is in honor of American entomologist...
- Baird, 1859 Homalosoma episcopum — Jan, 1865 Contia isozona Cope, 1866 Contia episcopa isozona — Cope,1880 Contia taylori Boulenger, 1894 Chionactis episcopus...
- The forest sharp-tailed snake (Contia longicaudae) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the western coast of the United...
- History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Contia vernalis, pp. 258–259). Conant, R.; Bridges, W. (1939). What Snake Is That...
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23: 200–224. (Contia pygæa, new species, pp. 223–224). Dowling, Herndon G. (1950). "Studies of...
- Cenaspis Cercophis Chersodromus Chlorosoma Clelia Coniophanes Conophis Contia Coronelaps Crisantophis Cryophis Cubophis Diadophis Diaphorolepis Dibernardia...
- Olympius Pistus Clematius Modestus Athanasius I Anatolius John I John II Contias Theocharistus Marinus John III Metropolitans of Athens Gregorius I Adamantius...
- occipitale Chionactis occipitale Chionactis occipitalis Homalosoma occipitale Contia occipitalis Contia occipitale Chioractis occipitalis Chionactis saxatilis...
- not projecting beyond cranium; mandible not longer than skull: Coronella, Contia. b. Maxillary not half as long as mandible, which is longer than skull;...