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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Colubridae
Plains Black-headed Snake
Tantilla nigriceps
Kennicott, 1860
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Black-headed Tantilla
(
Tantilla nigriceps
: Yarrow, Henry C.
1882
. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249);
Sonoran Tantilla
(
Tantilla nigriceps
: Van Denburgh, John.
1922
. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.);
Mitre Snake
(
Tantilla gracilis nigriceps
: Brennan, Lawrence A.
1934
. A check list of the amphibians and reptiles of Ellis County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 37():189-191);
Texas Black-headed Snake
(
Tantilla kirnia
: 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.);
Great Plains Black-headed Snake
(
Tantilla nigriceps
: 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.);
Great Plains Black-headed Snake
(
Tantilla nigriceps
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1860
Kennicott, Robert. Descriptions of new species of North American serpents in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 12():328-338
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