Plains Blackhead Snake
Tantilla nigriceps

• Order: Squamata
• Suborder: Serpentes
• Family: Colubridae (Colubrid Snakes)
• Species: Tantilla nigriceps (tan-TILL-uh NIGH-grih-ceps)
• Common English Name: Plains Blackhead Snake
• Common Spanish Name: Culebra Cabeza Negra de los Llanos

Tantilla nigriceps. Photographer: Dr. Carl S. Lieb. El Paso Co., TX. 14 July 1987.

Last Update: 14 Jul 2009