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Western Black-headed Snake
Tantilla planiceps (Blainville, 1835)
Also calledCulebra Cabeza Negra Occidental (spa) · Culebra encapuchada californiana (spa) · Culebra-encapuchada californiana (spa) · Culebrilla Cabeza Negra Occidental (spa) · Westliche Schwarzkopfschlange (deu) · Западный черноголовый уж (rus)
First described in: Blainville, & Henri Marie Ducrotay De. Description de quelques espèces de reptiles de la Californie précédée de l’analyse d’un système général d’erpétologie et d’amphibiologie.
This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Tantilla planiceps in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2456418.