Tantillita lintoni, also known commonly as the brown dwarf short-tailed snake, Linton's dwarf short-tail snake, and la culebrita enana de Linton in Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.

The species is native to southeastern Mexico and Central America.

There are two recognized subspecies[2] The specific name, lintoni, is in honor of American archaeologist Linton Satterthwaite Jr.[3]: 159 The subspecific name, rozellae, is in honor of American herpetologist Rozella Blood Smith who was the wife of American herpetologist Hobart M.

[3]: 228 T. lintoni is found in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

[1][2] The preferred natural habitat of T. lintoni is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 550 m (1,800 ft), but it has also been found in banana groves and pastures.