Smith’s Black-headed Snake
Tantilla hobartsmithi
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- T. hobartsmithi – Crockett Co, TX – photo by Michael Price
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Tantilla hobartsmithi occurs in southwest Texas and the Big Bend region.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tantilla hobartsmithi (Taylor – 1937)
Genus: Tantilla, Latin – tantillum = so small a thing
Species: hobartsmithi, honors Hobart M. Smith
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962