Flat-headed Snake
Tantilla gracilis
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- T. gracilis – Atascosa Co, TX – photo by Tom Lott
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- T. gracilis – Atascosa Co, TX – photo by Tom Lott
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- T. gracilis – Map by Tom Lott, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Tantilla gracilis occurs throughout most of Texas with the exception of far west Texas and the Texas Panhandle region.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tantilla gracillis (Baird & Girard – 1853)
Genus: Tantilla, Latin – tantillum = so small a thing
Species: gracillis, Latin = graceful, slender
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962