Yaqui Black-headed Snake
Tantilla yaquia
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- T. yaquia – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo from iNaturalist, salientia
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Tantilla yaquia occurs extreme southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tantilla yaquia (Smith – 1942)
Genus: Tantilla, Latin – tantillum = so small a thing
Species: yaquia, honors Yaqui Native American group
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962