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Trans-Pecos Black-headed Snake
Tantilla cucullata Minton, 1956

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

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.10.13.42.12)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

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

Pertinent LIterature:
1956 Minton, Sherman A. Jr. A new snake of the genus Tantilla from west Texas. Zoology 34(39):449-452
1959 Degenhardt, William G. and William W. Milstead. Notes on a second specimen of the snake Tantilla cucullata Minton. Herpetologica 15():158-159
1976 Degenhardt, William G., Ted L. Brown, and David A. Easterla. The taxonomic status of Tantilla cucullata and Tantilla diablo. Texas Journal of Science 27(1):225-234

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