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Southwestern Black-headed Snake
Tantilla hobartsmithi Taylor, 1937

Current SSAR Comments:
The name was changed to “Smith’s Black-headed Snake” starting with the 7th edition (2012). “Southwestern” confers some geographic information about its range, and therefore we are returning to the previous name.

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:
Utah Black-headed Snake (Tantilla utahensis: 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:
1937 Taylor, Edward H. Una nueva fauna de batracios anuros del Plioceno medio de Kansas. [A new fauna of anuran batrachians from the Middle Pliocene of Kansas]. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 7(4):513-529

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