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

SSAR 9th Edition 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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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Texas

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

Selected References:
1895 Gunther, Albert C. L. G. Biologia Centrali-Américana. Reptilia and Batrachia. 1885-1902. Taylor and Francis, London. 326pp.
1936 Taylor, Edward H. Notes and comments on certain American and Mexican snakes of the genus Tantilla with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 39:335-348
1938 Blanchard, Frank N. Snakes of the genus Tantilla in the United States. Zoological Series of the Field Museum of Natural History 20(28):369-376
1966 Tanner, Wilmer W. A re-evaluation of the genus Tantilla in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Herpetologica 22(2):134-152
1982 Wilson, Larry David. Tantilla. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (307):1-4
1983 Cole, Charles J. and Hardy, Laurence M. Tantilla atriceps. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (317):1-2

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