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Yaqui Black-headed Snake
Tantilla yaquia Smith, 1942

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.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.10.13.42.11)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Arizona New Mexico

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

Selected References:
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
1942 Smith, Hobart M. A resume of Mexican snakes of the genus Tantilla. Zoologica 27:33-42
1964 McCoy, Clarence J., Jr. The snake Tantilla yaquia in Arizona: An addition to the fauna of the United States. Copeia 1964(1):216-217
1966 Tanner, Wilmer W. A re-evaluation of the genus Tantilla in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Herpetologica 22(2):134-152
1977 McDiarmid, Roy W. Tantilla yaquia. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (198):1-2
1982 Wilson, Larry David. Tantilla. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (307):1-4

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