Tantilla gracilis (Flathead Snake)
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FLATHEAD
SNAKE Tantilla gracilis Baird & Girard, 1853
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: 3 mi E of Wylie,
near Brockdale Park at Lake Lavon, 2.5 mi W of Farmersville, 2 mi N of
Farmersville, and near East Fork Park at Lake Lavon;
Dallas Co.: Cockrell
Hill area, Lemmon Lake area, Mt. Creek Lake area, Mt. Lebanon Encampment,
Dallas Nature Center W of Duncanville, W of Cedar Hill, and prairie area
near Oates and I-635 N of Mesquite; Denton
Co.: .9 W of Aubrey; Kaufman
Co.: 2 mi W of jct of FM
2965 near rest area on I-20; Parker
Co.: 2.4 mi S of Aledo,
Lake Mineral Wells State Park, and Mary's Creek area;
Rockwall Co.: .2
mi N of Tx 205N on Tx 66; Tarrant
Co.: Rocky Creek Park at
Benbrook Lake, 4 mi S of Azle, and Benbrook-Aledo hills;
Wise Co.: Lyndon
B. Johnson Nat'l Grassland NW of Decatur and W side of Lake Bridgeport
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and
Wise
HABITAT: Western Cross
Timbers, Fort Worth Prairie, Mesquite Grand Prairie, Cedar-limestone
Hills, and Eastern Cross Timbers
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