Tantilla gracilis (Flathead Snake)

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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