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  3. Chordates
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  6. Colubrids
  7. Colubrine Snakes
  8. Centipede Snakes

genus

Centipede Snakes

Tantilla

Includes
9 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Flat-headed Snake native
  • Plains Black-headed Snake native
  • Southeastern Crowned Snake native
  • Southwestern Blackhead Snake native
  • Western Black-headed Snake native
  • Florida Crowned Snake native
  • Yaqui Black-headed Snake native
  • Big Bend Blackhead Snake native
  • Chihuahuan Black-headed Snake native
  • Mexican Black-headed Snake native
  • Rim Rock Crowned Snake native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native centipede snakes All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Flat-headed Snake Tantilla gracilis 2,531 observations
  • Plains Black-headed Snake Tantilla nigriceps 972 observations
  • Southeastern Crowned Snake Tantilla coronata 711 observations
  • Southwestern Blackhead Snake Tantilla hobartsmithi 599 observations
  • Western Black-headed Snake Tantilla planiceps 498 observations
  • Florida Crowned Snake Tantilla relicta 288 observations
  • Yaqui Black-headed Snake Tantilla yaquia 115 observations
  • Big Bend Blackhead Snake Tantilla cucullata 110 observations
  • Chihuahuan Black-headed Snake Tantilla wilcoxi 109 observations
  • Mexican Black-headed Snake Tantilla atriceps 35 observations
  • Rim Rock Crowned Snake Tantilla oolitica 4 observations

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