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Mexican Black-headed Snake
Tantilla atriceps (Günther, 1895 in Salvin and Godman, 1885-1902)

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Mexican Black-headed Snake (Tantilla atriceps: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1895 Gunther, Albert C. L. G. Biologia Centrali-Américana. Reptilia and Batrachia. 1885-1902. Taylor and Francis, London. 326pp.

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