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Chihuahuan Black-headed Snake
Tantilla wilcoxi
Tantilla wilcoxi, also known commonly as the Chihuahuan blackhead snake and la centipedívora de Chihuahua in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is Native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northern Mexico.
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Description
Tantilla wilcoxi may attain a total length (tail included) of 14 in (36 cm). Dorsally, the head is black, followed by a broad white nuchal collar which includes the posterior tips of the parietals, and the body is brown. The smooth dorsal scales are arranged in 15 rows, and the anal plate is divided.
Range & habitat
In the United States Tantilla wilcoxi is found in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. In Mexico it is found in southeastern Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, central Durango, Jalisco, Nuevo León, northeastern Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas.
Wikipedia: “Geographic distribution”
What it does
Tantilla wilcoxi is terrestrial, and shelters under dead plant material, fallen logs, and rocks.
Wikipedia: “Behavior”
In human culture
The specific name, wilcoxi, is in honor of United States Army surgeon Timothy Erastus Wilcox (1840–1932), who collected the holotype.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 28469.