Tantilla nigriceps {Plains Blackhead Snake}
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PLAINS
BLACKHEAD SNAKE
Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott, 1860
STATUS: Rare
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: None
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Denton,
Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: Western Cross
Timbers and Rolling Plains
COMMENTS: A lack of
interest in small, plain snakes by most members of local herpetological
societies probably has influenced observation data on this species.
This species is common west of the Metroplex.
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