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Tantilla
Sign in to savethumb|Centipede snake (Tantilla armillata), Nicaragua (August 3, 2013) thumb|Smith's black-head snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi), [[El Paso County, Texas (July, 2021)]] thumb|Neotropical black-headed snake (Tantilla melanocephala), Paraíba, [[Brazil (October 2, 2018)]] thumb|Plains black headed snake (Plains black-headed snake|Tantilla nigriceps) thumb|Florida crowned snake (Florida crowned snake|Tantilla relicta), [[Highlands County, Florida (March 20, 2007)]] thumb|Red black-headed snake (Tantilla rubra), Chiapas, Mexico (October, 2014)
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 341
- With media
- 49
- Family
- Colubridae
- Collections
- UTA, FMNH, ASNHC, CUMV, UTEP, YPM
- Recorded in
- Honduras, Mexico, United States, Colombia
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Behavior
- Diet
- Species
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Centipede snake (Tantilla armillata), Nicaragua (August 3, 2013) thumb|Smith's black-head snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi), [[El Paso County, Texas (July, 2021)]] thumb|Neotropical black-headed snake (Tantilla melanocephala), Paraíba, [[Brazil (October 2, 2018)]] thumb|Plains black headed snake (Plains black-headed snake|Tantilla nigriceps) thumb|Florida crowned snake (Florida crowned snake|Tantilla relicta), [[Highlands County, Florida (March 20, 2007)]] thumb|Red black-headed snake (Tantilla rubra), Chiapas, Mexico (October, 2014)
Tantilla is a large genus of harmless New World snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus includes 66 species, which are commonly known as centipede snakes, black-headed snakes, and flathead snakes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tantilla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.