Western Black-headed Snake (Tantilla planiceps)

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Western Black-headed Snake (Tantilla planiceps)

Classification
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Life
Animals Kingdom Animalia
Chordates Phylum Chordata
Reptiles Class Reptilia
Lizards and Snakes Order Squamata
Snakes Suborder Serpentes
Colubrids Family Colubridae
centipede snakes Genus Tantilla
Western Black-headed Snake Tantilla planiceps

All Names

Spanish
- culebra cabeza negra occidental
- culebra encapuchada californiana
English
- Western Black-headed Snake
- Western Blackhead Snake
Scientific names
- Tantilla planiceps
- Coluber planiceps
- Homalocranion planiceps
- Tantilla eiseni
- Tantilla eiseni transmontana
German
- Westliche Schwarzkopfschlange

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What

Western Black-headed Snake Tantilla planiceps

Observer

james3

Date

Apr 16, 2013

Place

Santa Clara Co. CA (Google, OSM)

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Western Black-headed Snake Tantilla planiceps

Observer

ryanubrown

Date

Oct 14, 2011

Place

Jacumba Valley, East San Diego County (Google, OSM)

Description

Snake was unintentionally dug up from a burrow in the mid morning. Small slender snake, black head, white collar, tan body. See photo.

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Western Black-headed Snake Tantilla planiceps

Observer

laurenwccs

Date

Nov 21, 2011

Place

34.9860..., -81.038... (Google, OSM)

Description

Not very active. Maybe because the approching winter. Still not shure how it got in SC.

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Photos

4 photos

What

Westliche Schwarzkopfschlange (Tantilla planiceps)

Observer

ap2il

Date

Apr 25, 2009 08:09 AM PDT

Place

Sunol Regional Wilderness (Google, OSM)

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Conservation Summary

Globally

Of least concern (LC) (Source: IUCN Red List)

Source: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data. Downloaded March 2011.