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Bocourt's Black-headed Snake
Tantilla bocourti (Günther, 1895)
Also calledCulebra cabeza negra (spa) · Culebra encapuchada (spa) · Culebra-encapuchada de Bocourt (spa) · Culebrita cabeza negra de Bocourt (spa) · Serpiente de Cabeza Negra de Bocourt (spa)
Tantilla bocourti, also known commonly as Bocourt's black-headed snake and la serpiente de cabeza negra de Bocourt in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
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Description
A small snake, the holotype of Tantilla bocourti has a total length of 24.5 cm (9.6 in), which includes a tail 5 cm (2.0 in) long. It has the following coloration in alcohol. Dorsally, it is pale reddish, without spots or markings. The head is black, with a yellowish crossbar on the snout and a yellowish, black-edged occipital crossbar (nuchal collar) just behind the parietals. Ventrally, the body is whitish, as is the upper lip.
Range & habitat
Tantilla bocourti is found in central Mexico, in the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Veracruz, and Zacatecas.
In human culture
The specific name, bocourti, is in honor of French zoologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2456461.