Western Black-headed Snake
Tantilla planiceps
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- T. planiceps – Orange Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- T. planiceps – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Lee Hull
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- T. planiceps – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- T. planiceps – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- T. planiceps – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Tantilla planiceps occurs in California in scattered populations from the Mexican border to the San Francisco Bay area.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tantilla planiceps (Blainville – 1835)
Genus: Tantilla, Latin – tantillum = so small a thing
Species: planiceps, Latin – planus = flat + ceps = head
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962