Plains Black-headed Snake
Tantilla nigriceps
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- T. nigriceps with stump tail – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- T. nigriceps – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- T. nigriceps – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- T. nigriceps – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- T. nigriceps – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Tantilla nigriceps occurs throughout central and western Texas, eastern, central and southern New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tantilla nigriceps (Kennicott – 1860)
Genus: Tantilla, Latin – tantillum = so small a thing
Species: nigriceps, Latin – niger = black + ceps = head
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962