Tantilla nigriceps {Plains Blackhead Snake}

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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