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Chihuahuan Black-headed Snake
Colubridae

Chihuahuan Black-headed Snake

Tantilla wilcoxi Stejneger, 1902

Tantilla wilcoxi is a small brown snake found in the southwestern US and northern Mexico, that reproduces by laying eggs.

Yaqui Black-headed Snake
Colubridae

Yaqui Black-headed Snake

Tantilla yaquia Smith, 1942

Tantilla yaquia (Yaquia blackhead snake) is a colubrid snake found in the United States and Mexico.

Florida Crowned Snake
Colubridae

Florida Crowned Snake

Tantilla relicta Telford, 1966

The Florida crowned snake (Tantilla relicta) is a small slender snake native to Florida and rarely southern Georgia.

Western Black-headed Snake
Colubridae

Western Black-headed Snake

Tantilla planiceps (Blainville, 1835)

Tantilla planiceps, the western black-headed snake, is a small secretive colubrid endemic to western North America.

Plains Black-headed Snake
Colubridae

Plains Black-headed Snake

Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott, 1860

Tantilla nigriceps, the Plains black-headed snake, is a small North American colubrid snake distinguished by its missing light neck collar.

Black-headed Snake
Colubridae

Black-headed Snake

Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)

This is a species of small colubrid snake native to the Neotropics, oviparous, occupying both natural and artificial habitats.

Southwestern Blackhead Snake
Colubridae

Southwestern Blackhead Snake

Tantilla hobartsmithi Taylor, 1937

Tantilla hobartsmithi, the southwestern blackhead snake, is a small oviparous snake native to southwestern North America.

Flat-headed Snake
Colubridae

Flat-headed Snake

Tantilla gracilis Baird & Girard, 1853

Tantilla gracilis, the flathead snake, is a small colubrid snake found in the south-central U.S. and Mexico that feeds on arthropods like centipedes.

Big Bend Blackhead Snake
Colubridae

Big Bend Blackhead Snake

Tantilla cucullata Minton, 1956

The Big Bend blackhead snake (Tantilla cucullata) is a colubrid snake found in the United States and Mexico.

Southeastern Crowned Snake
Colubridae

Southeastern Crowned Snake

Tantilla coronata Baird & Girard, 1853

Tantilla coronata (southeastern crown snake) is a small oviparous snake found in the southeastern United States.

Black-necked Centipede Snake
Colubridae

Black-necked Centipede Snake

Tantilla armillata Cope, 1875

Tantilla armillata is a colubrid snake species found in seven countries across Central America.

Bocourt's Black-headed Snake
Colubridae

Bocourt's Black-headed Snake

Tantilla bocourti (Günther, 1895)

Tantilla bocourti is a small oviparous snake found in forest habitats across central Mexico.

Red Black-headed Snake
Colubridae

Red Black-headed Snake

Tantilla rubra Cope, 1875

Tantilla rubra is an oviparous colubrid snake native to southern Mexico and western Guatemala, living in forest habitat.

Yucatán White-lipped Snake
Colubridae

Yucatán White-lipped Snake

Symphimus mayae (Gaige, 1936)

Symphimus mayae is an oviparous Yucatán Peninsula colubrid snake found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico.

Blood Snake
Colubridae

Blood Snake

Stenorrhina freminvillei (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Stenorrhina freminvillei is a colubrid snake species found across several countries in Central America and Mexico.

Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake
Colubridae

Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake

Stenorrhina degenhardtii (Berthold, 1846)

Stenorrhina degenhardtii is a medium-sized oviparous snake found across parts of Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Slaty-grey snake
Colubridae

Slaty-grey snake

Stegonotus australis (Günther, 1872)

Stegonotus australis (Australian ground snake) is a colubrid snake species found in Australia.

Chicken Snake
Colubridae

Chicken Snake

Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Spilotes pullatus is a large scaled reptile found from southern Mexico to central South America that inhabits forested areas near water.

Amazon Puffing Snake
Colubridae

Amazon Puffing Snake

Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824)

Spilotes sulphureus is a large snake with bimodal venom that affects both mammal and reptile prey.

Diadem Snake
Colubridae

Diadem Snake

Spalerosophis diadema (Schlegel, 1837)

Spalerosophis diadema is an oviparous snake found across North Africa, Central Asia, and Southwestern Asia, growing up to 1.8 meters long.

Ground Snake
Colubridae

Ground Snake

Sonora semiannulata Baird & Girard, 1853

Sonora semiannulata, the western ground snake, is a small variable-colored North American snake that lays eggs in summer.

Taylor’s Ground Snake
Colubridae

Taylor’s Ground Snake

Sonora taylori (Boulenger, 1894)

Sonora taylori is an oviparous small colubrid snake found in southern Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Sonoran Shovel-nosed Snake
Colubridae

Sonoran Shovel-nosed Snake

Sonora palarostris (Klauber, 1937)

Sonora palarostris is a nonvenomous North American snake that resembles the Sonoran coral snake, found in Arizona and Sonora.

Mojave Shovelnose Snake
Colubridae

Mojave Shovelnose Snake

Sonora occipitalis (Hallowell, 1854)

Sonora occipitalis, the western shovel-nosed snake, is a small desert snake found in the southwestern US and Mexico.

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