Tantilla gracilis Baird & Girard, 1853 is a animal in the Colubridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
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.
Tantilla gracilis, commonly called the flathead snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. This species can be found in the United States in the states of Missouri, Texas, Kansas, Illinois, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas, and it also occurs in Mexico. Flathead snakes are small; adult individuals reach a total length of 18 to 20 centimeters, which is equal to 7 to 8 inches. Their diet consists of arthropods, including centipedes.
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Mastigodryas boddaerti (Sentzen, 1796)
Ptyas major (Günther, 1858)
Phalotris lemniscatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
Scaphiodontophis annulatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
Leptophis ahaetulla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Salvadora hexalepis (Cope, 1867)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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