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Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)

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Tantilla in general

Blanchard, P.N. 1938. Snakes of the genus Tantilla in the United States. Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series 20: 369-376.

Campbell, J.A. 1998. Comments on the identities of certain Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guatemala, with the descriptions of two new species. Scientific Papers Natural History Museum the University of Kansas 7: 1-14.

Clark, D.R. 1970. Loss of the left oviduct in the colubrid snake genus Tantilla. Herpetologica 26: 130-133.

Cole, C.J.; Hardy, L.M. 1981. Systematics of North American colubrid snakes related to Tantilla planiceps (Blainville). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 171(3): 201-284.

Hartweg, N. 1944. Remarks on some Mexican snakes of the genus Tantilla. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 1944(486): 1-9.

Navegantes, A.Q.; Reis Martins, A.; Freire-Bruno, S. 2011. Fortführung der Untersuchungen zu Biologie und Schutz des Restinga-Ameisenfängers sowie zur lokalen Herpetofauna. ZGAP Mitteilungen 27(1): 16-17.

Smith, H.M. 1942. A resume of Mexican snakes of the genus Tantilla. Zoologica (New York) 27: 33-42.

Tanner, W.W. 1966. A re-evaluation of the genus Tantilla in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Herpetologica 22: 134-152.

Taylor, E.H. 1937. Notes and comments on certain American and Mexican snakes of the genus Tantilla with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 39: 335-348.

Telford, S.R. 1966. Variation among the southeastern crowned snakes, genus Tantilla. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences 10: 261-304.

Wilson, L.D. 1982. A review of the colubrid snakes of the genus Tantilla of Central America. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 52: 1-77.

Wilson, L.D. 1982. Tantilla. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 307: 1-4.

Wilson, L.D. 1984. Additional notes on colubrid snakes of the genus Tantilla from tropical America. Herpetological Review 15(1): 8-10.

Wilson, L.D. 1987. A resumé of the colubrid snakes of the genus Tantilla of South America. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 68: 1-35.

Wilson, L.D. 1999. Checklist and key to the species of the genus Tantilla (Serpentes: Colubridae), with some commentary on distribution. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 122: 1-34.

Wilson, L.D.; Campbell, J.A. 2000. A new species of the calamarina group of the colubrid snake genus Tantilla (Reptilia: Squamata) from Guerrero, Mexico, with a review of and key to members of the group. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(3): 820-827.

Wilson, L.D.; Mata-Silva, V. 2014. Snakes of the genus Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) in Mexico: taxonomy, distribution, and conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1(1): 5-95.

Wilson, L.D.; Mata-Silva, V. 2015. A checklist and key to the snakes of the Tantilla clade (Squamata: Colubridae), with comments on taxonomy, distribution, and conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(4): 418-498.

Wilson, L.D.; McCranie, J.R. 1999. The systematic status of Honduran populations of the Tantilla taeniata group (Serpentes: Colubridae), with notes on other populations. Amphibia-Reptilia 20(3): 326-329.

Wilson, L.D.; McCranie, J.R.; Porras, L. 1977. Taxonomic notes on Tantilla (Serpentes: Colubridae) from tropical America. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 76(1): 49-56.

Wilson, L.D.; Mena, C.E. 1980. Systematics of the melanocephala group of the colubrid snake genus Tantilla. San Diego Society of Natural History Memoirs 11: 5-58.

Wilson, L.D.; Meyer, J.R. 1971. A revision of the taeniata group of the colubrid snake genus Tantilla. Herpetologica 27: 11-40.

Wilson, L.D.; Meyer, J.R. 1981. Systematics of the calamarina group of the colubrid snake genus Tantilla. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 42: 1-25.

Wilson, L.D.; Villa, J.D. 1973. Colubrid snakes of the genus Tantilla from Nicaragua. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 72(2): 93-96.

Tantilla albiceps

Barbour, T. 1925. A new frog and a new snake from Panama. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 5: 155-156.

Wilson, L.D. 1985. Tantilla albiceps. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 377: 1.

Tantilla alticola

Mueses-Cisneros, J.J.; Quilindo, B.C. 2006. Geographic distribution: Tantilla alticola (Boulenger's Centipede Snake). Herpetological Review 37(4): 501.

Myers, E.A.; Ruane, S.; Knight, K.; Knight, J.L.; Ray, J.M. 2013. Distribution record of Tantilla alticola Boulenger, 1903 (Squamata: Colubridae) in Cocle Province, Republic of Panama. Check List 9(1): 151-152.

Vanegas-Guerrero, J.; Batista, A.; Medina, I.; Vargas-Salinas, F. 2015. Tantilla alticola (Boulenger, 1903) (Squamata: Colubridae): filling a geographical distribution gap in western Colombia. Check List 11(1)(Article 1555): 1-3.

Vera-Pérez, L.E.; Zúñiga-Baos, J.A.; Montingelli, G.G. 2015. First record of Tantilla alticola (Boulenger, 1903) (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Cauca state, Colombia, filling distribution gap and notes on natural history. Check List 11(2)(Article 1578): 1-4.

Wilson, L.D. 1986. Tantilla alticola. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 400: 1.

Tantilla andinista

Wilson, L.D. 1985. Tantilla andinista. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 378: 1.

Tantilla armillata

Acosta-Chaves, V.; Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2015. Nature notes: Tantilla armillata. Predation by a Central American Bark Scorpion (Centruroides edwardsii). Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(2): 202–203.

Firneno, T.J.; Itgen, M.W.; Pereira-Pereira, F.M.; Townsend, J.H. 2016. Geographic distribution: Tantilla armillata (Black-necked Centipede Snake). Herpetological Review 47(2): 266.

Hardy, L.M.; Cole, C.J. 1967. The colubrid snake Tantilla armillata Cope in Nicaragua. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 4: 194-196.

Knight, J.L.; Ray, J.M.; Baumgartner, K. 2012. Natural history notes: Tantilla armillata (Black-necked Crowned Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 43(1): 152-153.

Sunyer, J.; Fonseca, J.G.M.; Maynor, A.F.; Olivas Milton, F.U.; Obando, L.A. 2014. Noteworthy snake records from Nicaragua (Reptilia: Serpentes). Check List 10(5): 1134-1147.

Tantilla atriceps

Axtell, R.W.; Webb, R.G. 1963. New records for reptiles from Chihuahua, Mexico, with comments on sympatry between two species of Cnemidophorus. Southwestern Naturalist 8: 50-51.

Buus, T.C. 1983. Herpetological records from northwestern Arizona. Herpetological Review 14(2): 53-54.

Chrapliwy, P.S. 1956. Extensions of known range of certain amphibians and reptiles of Mexico. Herpetologica 12: 121-124.

Cole, C.J.; Hardy, L.M. 1983. Tantilla atriceps. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 317: 1-2.

Jones, K.B.; Porzer, L.M.; Bothwell, K.J. 1982. Herpetological records from west-central Arizona. Herpetological Review 13(2): 54.

Lindner, B.D. 1963. Observations on the natural food preferences of the Mexican black-headed snake, Tantilla atriceps. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 10(4) [1962]: 32.

Tantilla bairdi

Stuart, L.C. 1941. Some new snakes from Guatemala. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 452: 1-7.

Wilson, L.D. 1985. Tantilla bairdi. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 380: 1.

Tantilla berguidoi

Batista, A.; Mebert, K.; Lotzkat, S.; Wilson, L.D. 2016. A new species of centipede snake of the genus Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from an isolated premontane forest in eastern Panama. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(4): 949-960.

Tantilla bocourti

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1959. Snakes of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 79-92.

Dunn, E.R. 1928. New Central American snakes in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 314: 1-4.

García-Padilla, E.; Mata-Silva, V. 2013. Geographic distribution: Tantilla bocourti (Bocourt's Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 44(4): 630.

McCranie, J.R. 1977. First record of Tantilla bocourti (Reptilia: Colubridae) from Zacatecas, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 22(2): 275.

McCranie, J.R.; Wilson, L.D. 1984. New herpetological records for the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. Herpetological Review 15(1): 22.

McDiarmid, R.W.; Folke, S.H. 1991. Tantilla bocourti. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 526: 1-3.

Ponce-Campos, P.; Huerta-Ortega, S.M. 2000. Geographic distribution: Tantilla bocourti bocourti (Bocourt's Blackhead Snake). Mexico: Nayarit. Herpetological Review 31(2): 115.

Tantilla boipiranga

Cassimiro, J. 2003. Geographic distribution: Tantilla boipiranga (NCN). Herpetological Review 34(4): 390.

Sawaya, R.J.; Sazima, I. 2003. A new species of Tantilla (Serpentes: Colubridae) from southeastern Brazil. Herpetologica 59(1): 119-126.

Silveira, A.L.; Cotta, G.A.; Silverio Pires, M.R. 2009. Distribuicao geografica e variacao fenotipica de Tantilla boipiranga Sawaya & Sazima, 2003 (Serpentes, Colubridae). Arquivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 67(1-2): 93-101.

Tantilla brevicauda

Mertens, R. 1952. Weitere neue Reptilien aus El Salvador. Zoologischer Anzeiger 149: 133-138.

Wiison, L.D. 1970. Tantilla brevicauda: an addition to the snake fauna of Guatemala, with comments on its relationships. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 69: 118-120.

Wilson, L.D. 1988. Tantilla brevicauda. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 432: 1.

Tantilla briggsi

Savitzky, A.H.; Smith, H.M. 1971. A new snake from Mexico of the taeniata group of Tantilla. Journal of Herpetology 5: 167-171.

Wilson, L.D. 1985. Tantilla briggsi. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 365: 1.

Tantilla calamarina

Bogert, C.M.; Porter, A.P. 1966. A new species of Geophis (Serpentes, Colubridae) from the State of Colima, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 2260: 1-10.

Dunn, E.R. 1928. New Central American snakes in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 314: 1-4.

Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D.; Auth, D.L. 1997. Geographic distribution: Tantilla calamarina (Pacific Coast Centipede Snake). Herpetological Review 28(3): 160.

Smith, H.M.; Flores-Villela, O.; Chiszar, D. 1993. New variational extremes for Tantilla calamarina and a locality record correction for Conophis vittatus viduus (Reptilia: Serpentes). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 29(1): 1-3.

Wilson, L.D. 1988. Tantilla calamarina. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 433: 1-2.

Zweifel, R.G. 1959. The provenance of reptiles and amphibians collected in western Mexico by J.J. Major. American Museum Novitates 1949: 1-9.

Tantilla capistrata

Aguilar, C.; Lundberg, M.; Siu-Ting, K.; Jimenez, M.E. 2007. Nuevos registros para la herpetofauna del departamento de Lima, descripcion del renacuajo de Telmatobius rimac Schmidt, 1954 (Anura: Ceratophrydae) y una clave de los anfibios. Revista Peruana de Biologia 14(2): 209-216.

Lema, T. de 1978. Ocorrencia de Tantilla melanocephala (L., 1758) no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, e o 'status' de Tantilla capistrata Cope, 1876 (Ophidia: Colubridae). Comunicações do Museu de Ciencias da PUCRGS (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul) 18/19: 1-25.

Wilson, L.D. 1990. Tantilla capistrata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 475: 1.

Tantilla cascadae

Cruz-Sáenz, D.; Muñoz-Nolasco, F.J.; Lazcano, D.; Flores-Covarrubias, E. 2015. Noteworthy records for Tantilla cascadae and T. ceboruca (Squamata: Colubridae) from Jalisco, Mexico. Check List 11(4)(Article 1708): 1-5.

Wilson, L.D. 1988. Tantilla cascadae. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 451: 1.

Tantilla ceboruca

Canseco-Marquez, L.; Smith, E.N.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Flores-Villela, O.A.; Campbell, J.A. 2007. A new species of Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) of the calamarina group from Volcan Ceboruco, Nayarit, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 41(2): 220-224.

Cruz-Sáenz, D.; Muñoz-Nolasco, F.J.; Lazcano, D.; Flores-Covarrubias, E. 2015. Noteworthy records for Tantilla cascadae and T. ceboruca (Squamata: Colubridae) from Jalisco, Mexico. Check List 11(4)(Article 1708): 1-5.

Reyes-Velasco, J.; Grünwald, C.I.; Jones, J.M.; Price, M.S.; Fisher, J.T. 2012. New distributional records for the herpetofauna of Mexico. Herpetological Review 43(3): 451-453.

Tantilla coronadoi

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1959. Snakes of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 79-92.

Wilson, L.D. 1990. Tantilla coronadoi. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 501: 1.

Tantilla coronata

Aldridge, R.D. 1992. Oviductal anatomy and seasonal sperm storage in the south-eastern crowned snake (Tantilla coronata). Copeia 1992(4): 1102-1106.

Aldridge, R.D.; Semlitsch, R.D. 1992. Female reproductive biology of the Southeastern Crowned Snake (Tantilla coronata). Amphibia-Reptilia 13(3): 209-218.

Aldridge, R.D.; Semlitsch, R.D. 1992. Male reproductive biology of the Southeastern Crowned Snake (Tantilla coronata). Amphibia-Reptilia 13(3): 219-225.

Collins, S.L.; Collins, J.T.; Irwin, K.J. 1993. Geographic distribution: Tantilla coronata (Southeastern Crowned Snake). Herpetological Review 24(3): 110.

Devender, R.W. van; Nicoletto, P.F. 1983. Lower Wilson Creek, Caldwell County, North Carolina: a thermal refugium for reptiles? Brimleyana 9: 21-32.

Freeman, H.W. 1955. Part V. The amphibia and reptilia of the Savannah river project area. 2. Chelonia. 3. Crocodilia, Sauria and Serpentes. U.S. Cur. Publ. Biol. 1(4): 239-244, 275-291.

Graham, S.P.; Dixon, O. 2012. Geographic distribution: Tantilla coronata (Southeastern Crowned Snake). Herpetological Review 43(2): 309.

Hardy, J. 1952. The crowned snake, Tantilla coronata coronata, in North Carolina. Copeia 1952: 188.

Jones, K.C.; Friedman, N. 2015. Natural history notes: Tantilla coronata (Southeastern Crowned Snake). Coloration. Herpetological Review 46(4): 651.

Miller, B.T. 1991. Geographic distribution: Tantilla coronata (Southeastern Crowned Snake). Herpetological Review 22(3): 103.

Minton, S.A. 1949. The black-headed snake in southern Indiana. Copeia 1949(2): 146-147.

Neill, W.T. 1951. Notes on the natural history of certain North American snakes. Publ. Res. Div. Ross Allen Rept. Inst. 1(5): Unpaginated.

Neill, W.T.; Boyles, J.M. 1957. The eggs of the crowned snake, Tantilla coronata. Herpetologica 13: 77-78.

Ogletree, K.A.; Bender, M.J. 2017. Geographic distribution: Tantilla coronata (Southeastern Crowned Snake). Herpetological Review 48(2): 393.

Petzing, J.E.; Phillips, C.A. 1998. Geographic distribution: Tantilla coronata (Southeastern Crowned Snake). Herpetological Review 29(2): 116.

Sattler, P. 2012. Tantilla coronata (Southeastern Crowned Snake). VA: Campbell Co. Catesbeiana 32(2): 91-92.

Semlitsch, R.D.; Brown, K.L.; Caldwell, J.P. 1981. Habitat utilization, seasonal activity, and population size structure of the southeastern crown snake Tantilla coronata. Herpetologica 37(1): 40-46.

Telford, S.R. 1982. Tantilla coronata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 308: 1-2.

Todd, B.D.; Andrews, K.M. 2008. Response of a reptile guild to forest harvesting. Conservation Biology 22(3): 753-761.

Todd, B.D.; Willson, J.D.; Winne, C.T.; Semlitsch, R.D.; Gibbons, J.W. 2008. Ecology of the southeastern crowned snake, Tantilla coronata. Copeia 2008(2): 388-394.

Tantilla cucullata

Baeza-Tarin, F.; Hernandez, T.; Giovanetto, L.; Espinosa-Treviño, A.; Lazcano, D.; Graham, S.P. 2018. Geographic distribution: Tantilla cucullata (Trans-Pecos Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 49(3): 507-508.

Bohannon, A.M.A.; Neuharth, D.B.; Forstner, M.R.J. 2018. Geographic distribution: Tantilla cucullata (Trans-Pecos Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 49(4): 719.

Degenhardt, W.G.; Milstead, W.W. 1959. Notes on a second specimen of the snake Tantilla cucullata Minton. Herpetologica 15: 158-159.

Dixon, J.R.; Vaughan, R.K.; Wilson, L.D. 2000. The taxonomy of Tantilla rubra and allied taxa (Serpentes: Colubridae). Southwestern Naturalist 45(2): 141-153.

Easterla, D.A. 1975. Reproductive and ecological observations on Tantilla rubra cucullata from Big Bend National Park, Texas (Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetologica 31(2): 234-236.

Fouquette, M.J.; Potter, F.E. 1881. A new black-headed snake (Tantilla) from southwestern Texas. Copeia 1881(2): 144-148.

Herr, M.W.; Giovanetto, L.A.; Black, M.; Candelario Hernández, J.; Mendoza-Pérez, M.R.; Graham, S.P. 2017. Geographic distribution: Tantilla cucullata (Trans-Pecos Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 48(4): 816.

Hillis, D.M.; Campbell, S.L. 1982. New localities of Tantilla rubra cucullata (Colubridae) and the distribution of its two morphotypes. Southwestern Naturalist 27(2): 220-221.

Irwin, K.J.; Collins, J.T. 1995. Geographic distribution: Tantilla cucullata (Blackhood Snake). Herpetological Review 26(1): 47.

Minton, S.A. 1956. A new snake of the genus Tantilla from West Texas. Fieldiana Zoology 34: 449-452.

Porras, L. 1982. Life history notes: Tantilla rubra cucullata (Blackhood Snake). Size. Herpetological Review 13(1): 18-19.

Smith, H.M.; Werler, J.E. 1969. The status of the northern red black-headed snake, Tantilla diabola Fouquette & Potter. Journal of Herpetology 3: 172-173.

Treadwell, R.W.; Hibbitts, T. 1968. Tantilla diabola from Val Verde County, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 20: 281-282.

Wilson, L.D.; Vaughan, R.K.; Dixon, J.R. 2000. Tantilla cucullata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 719: 719.1-719.2.

Tantilla cuniculator

Cedeño-Vázquez, J.R.; Beutelspacher-García, P.M.; Blanco-Campos, N.G. 2016. Distribution notes: Tantilla cuniculator Smith, 1939. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(1): 192.

Cedeño-Vázquez, J.R.; Carbajal-Márquez, R.A. 2018. Distribution notes: Tantilla cuniculator Smith, 1939. Mesoamerican Herpetology 5(1): 183-184.

Ortiz-Medina, J.A.; Chan-Espinoza, D.E.; García-Padilla, E. 2016. Distribution notes: Tantilla cuniculator Smith, 1939. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(1): 193.

Wilson, L.D. 1985. Tantilla cuniculator. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 367: 1.

Tantilla deppei

Wilson, L.D. 1988. Tantilla deppei. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 452: 1.

Tantilla excelsa

McCranie, J.R.; Smith, E.N. 2017. A review of the Tantilla taeniata species group (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae) in Honduras, with the description of three new species. Herpetologica 73(4): 338–348.

Tantilla flavilineata

Smith, H.M.; Burger, W.L. 1950. A new snake (Tantilla) from Mexico. Herpetologica 6: 117-119.

Wilson, L.D. 1985. Tantilla flavilineata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 368: 1.

Tantilla gottei

Tantilla gracilis

Braman, S.C.; Pogue, D.W. 2005. Eastern bluebird provisions nestlings with Flat-headed Snake. Wilson Bulletin 117(1): 100-101.

Brumwell, M.J. 1951. An ecological survey of the Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation. American Midland Naturalist 45(1): 187-231.

Bryant, C.A. 2003. Geographic distribution: Tantilla gracilis (Flat-headed Snake). USA: Missouri. Herpetological Review 34(3): 266.

Carpenter, C.C. 1958. Reproduction, young, eggs and food of Oklahoma snakes. Herpetologica 14: 113-115.

Carpenter, C.C. 1985. Life history notes: Tantilla gracilis (Flat-headed Snake). Albino. Herpetological Review 16(3): 81.

Cavazos, J.A.; Zaidan, F. 2004. Geographic distribution: Tantilla gracilis (Flat-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 35(3): 294.

Cobb, V.A. 1990. Reproductive notes on the eggs and offspring of Tantilla gracilis (Serpentes: Colubridae), with evidence of communal nesting. Southwestern Naturalist 35(2): 222-224.

Cobb, V.A. 2004. Diet and prey size of the Flathead Snake, Tantilla gracilis. Copeia 2004(2): 397-402.

Costa, G.C.; Wolfe, C.; Shepard, D.B.; Caldwell, J.P.; Vitt, L.J. 2008. Detecting the influence of climatic variables on species distributions: a test using GIS niche-based models along a steep longitudinal environmental gradient. Journal of Biogeography 35(4): 637-646.

Cox, C.L.; Moseley, M.A.; Pasichnyk, P.N.; Tovar, R.U.; Smart, U.; Angarita-Sierra, T.G. 2012. New county records for reptiles and amphibians from south and southeast Texas. Herpetological Review 43(2): 315-316.

Dowling, H.G. 1956. Geographic relations of Ozarkian amphibians and reptiles. Southwestern Naturalist 1(4): 174-189.

Edmond, B.S. 1993. Geographic distribution: Tantilla gracilis (Flathead Snake). Herpetological Review 24(2): 68-69.

Fisher, C.B. 1973. Status of the flat-headed snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard in Louisiana. Journal of Herpetology 7(2): 136-137.

Force, E.R. 1935. A local study of the opisthoglyph snake Tantilla gracilis. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 20: 645-659.

Gotte, S.W.; Wilson, L.D. 2005. Commentary on the type material of Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard, 1853 and Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott, 1860 (Reptilia: Squamata), with a neotype designation for T. nigriceps. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(3): 596-604.

Grant, C. 1960. A pink-bellied Tantilla. Herpetologica 16: 206.

Hardy, L.M.; Cole, C.J. 1968. Morphological variation in a population of the snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard. University of Kansas Publications of the Museum of Natural History 17: 613-629.

McAllister, C.T. 1991. Geographic distribution: Tantilla gracilis (Flathead Snake). Herpetological Review 22(2): 68.

McAllister, C.T. 2016. Natural history notes: Lampropeltis holbrooki (Specked Kingsnake). Diet / ophiophagy. Herpetological Review 47(3): 479-480.

McAllister, C.T.; Brummett, C.; Robison, H.W. 2010. Geographic distribution: Tantilla gracilis (Flat-headed Snake). USA: Arkansas. Herpetological Review 41(3): 382.

McKnight, D.T.; Harmon, J.R.; McKnight, J.L.; Ligon, D.B. 2014. Notes on the diets of seven sympatric snakes in the genera Agkistrodon, Nerodia, Sistrurus, and Thamnophis. Herpetology Notes 7: 171-177.

Neill, W.T. 1951. Notes on the natural history of certain North American snakes. Publ. Res. Div. Ross Allen Rept. Inst. 1(5): Unpaginated.

Pruett, J.A.; Jadin, R.C. 2010. Natural history notes: Tantilla gracilis (Flat-headed Snake). Arachnid predation. Herpetological Review 41(1): 99.

Ruthven, D.C.; Kazmaier, R.T.; Moody, J.K. 1999. New county records from Dimmit and La Salle counties, Texas, USA. Herpetological Review 30(4): 238.

Savitzky, A.H.; Collins, J.T. 1971. Tantilla gracilis, a snake new to the fauna of Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 5: 86-87.

Smith, B.E.; Bridegam, A.S.; Garrett, C.M. 1990. Geographic distribution: Tantilla gracilis (Flathead Snake). Herpetological Review 21(2): 42.

Smith, P.W. 1956. Extension of known range of the flat-headed snake. Herpetologica 12(4): 327.

Townsend, V.R.; Akin, J.A.; Proud, D.N. 2008. Natural history notes: Tantilla gracilis (Flathead Snake). Courtship. Herpetological Review 39(4): 474.

Trauth, S.E. 1991. Posterior maxillary fangs of the Flathead Snake, Tantilla gracilis (Serpentes: Colubridae), using scanning electron microscopy. Arkansas Academy of Science Proceedings 45: 133-136.

Walker, J.M. 1965. Notes on two rare Louisiana serpents. Herpetologica 21: 159-160.

Williams, A.A.; Gregory, B.B. 2002. Geographic distribution: Tantilla gracilis (Flat-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 33(4): 325.

Williams, J.T.; Sinclair, T.A. 2013. Geographic distribution: Tantilla gracilis (Flat-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 44(3): 478.

Tantilla hendersoni

Hofmann, E.P.; Gray, R.J.; Wilson, L.D.; Townsend, J.H. 2017. Discovery of the first male specimen of Tantilla hendersoni Stafford, 2004 (Squamata: Colubridae), from a new locality in central Belize. Herpetology Notes 10: 53-57.

Stafford, P.J. 2004. A new species of Tantilla (Serpentes Colubridae) of the taeniata group from Southern Belize. Journal of Herpetology 38(1): 43-52.

Tantilla hobartsmithi

Anderson, M.L.; Hodges, C.W.; Santoyo-Brito, E. 2013. Geographic distribution: Tantilla hobartsmithi (Smith’s Black-headed Snake). USA: Texas: Ward Co. Herpetological Review 44(1): 111.

Baker, L.R.; Bradley, W.G. 1966. Tantilla utahensis Blanchard in Clark County, Nevada. Southwestern Naturalist 11: 308.

Banta, B.H. 1960. Another record of Tantilla utahensis from Inyo County, California. Herpetologica 16: 11.

Clause, A.G.; Clevinger, P. 2015. Geographic distribution: Tantilla hobartsmithi (Smith's Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 46(1): 63.

Cole, C.J.; Hardy, L.M. 1983. Tantilla hobartsmithi. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 318: 1-2.

Goldberg, S.R. 2004. Reproductive cycle of Smith's Black-headed Snake, Tantilla hobartsmithi (Serpentes: Colubridae), in Arizona. Western North American Naturalist 64(1): 141-143.

Hammerson, G.A.; Benedict, A.D. 1998. Geographic distribution: Tantilla hobartsmithi (Southwestern Blackhead Snake). Herpetological Review 29(1): 55.

Hammerson, G.A.; Valentine, L.; Livo, L.J. 1991. Geographic distribution: Tantilla hobartsmithi (Southwestern Blackhead Snake). Herpetological Review 22(2): 69.

McCoy, C.J.; Knopf, G.N.; Walker, J.M. 1964. The snake Tantilla utahensis Blanchard: an addition to the fauna of Colorado. Herpetologica 20: 135-136.

Painter, C.W.; Tomberlin, B.R.; Gee, J.H. 1997. Natural history notes: Tantilla hobartsmithi (Southwestern Black-headed Snake) and Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Black-headed Snake). Coloration. Herpetological Review 28(2): 91.

Price, M.S. 2009. Geographic distribution: Tantilla hobartsmithi (Smith's Black-headed Snake). USA: Texas. Herpetological Review 40(1): 117.

Tanner, W.W. 1958. Herpetology of Glen Canyon of the Upper Colorado River Basin. Herpetologica 14: 193-193.

Tanner, W.W.; Banta, B.H. 1962. The distribution of Tantilla utahensis Blanchard. Great Basin Naturalist 22: 116-118.

Tantilla impensa

Campbell, J.A. 1998. Comments on the identities of certain Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guatemala, with the descriptions of two new species. Scientific Papers Natural History Museum the University of Kansas 7: 1-14.

McCranie, J.R.; Valdés-Orellana, L. 2012. Natural history notes: Tantilla impensa. Reproduction. Herpetological Review 43(4): 662.

Wilson, L.D.; McCranie, J.R. 1999. The systematic status of Honduran populations of the Tantilla taeniata group (Serpentes: Colubridae), with notes on other populations. Amphibia-Reptilia 20(3): 326-329.

Tantilla insulamontana

Wilson, L.D. 1990. Tantilla insulamontana. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 502: 1.

Tantilla jani

Campbell, J.A. 1998. Comments on the identities of certain Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guatemala, with the descriptions of two new species. Scientific Papers Natural History Museum the University of Kansas 7: 1-14.

Muñoz-Alonso, A. 2007. Tantilla jani. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org (viewed 3 April 2013).

Wilson, L.D. 1985. Tantilla cuesta. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 366: 1.

Wilson, L.D. 1985. Tantilla jani. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 369: 1.

Tantilla johnsoni

Johnson, J.D.; Mata-Silva, V.; Wilson, L.D. 2014. Miscellaneous notes: The type locality of Tantilla johnsoni Wilson, Vaughan, and Dixon, 1999 (Squamata, Colubridae) and related issues. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1(2): 305-308.

Wilson, L.D.; Vaughan, R.K.; Dixon, J.R. 1999. Another new species on Tantilla of the taeniata group from Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 33(1): 1-5.

Tantilla lempira

Espinal, M.R.; Solís, J.M. 2015. Miscellaneous notes: Rediscovery of the Honduran endemic snake Tantilla lempira Wilson and Mena, 1980 (Squamata: Colubridae). Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(4): 576-579.

Wilson, L.D. 1990. Tantilla lempira. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 476: 1.

Tantilla melanocephala

Achaval, F.; Vaz-Ferreira, R. 1974. La presencia de Tantilla melanocephala melanocephala (L.) en la fauna uruguaya (Reptilia - Squamata). Neotropica 20(62): 107-111.

Amaral, A. do 1929. Valor systematico de varias formas de ophidios neotropicos. Memorias do Instituto Butantan (Sao Paulo) 4: 3-68.

Balestrin, R.L.; Di-Bernardo, M. 2005. Ophiophagy in the colubrid snake Echinanthera occipitalis (Jan, 1863) from southern Brazil. Salamandra 41(1): 221-222.

Berg, C.S.; Jeremiah, A.; Harrison, B.; Henderson, R.A. 2009. New island records for Tantilla melanocephala (Squamata: Colubridae) on the Grenada Bank. Applied Herpetology 6(4): 403-404.

Cacciali, P.; Brusquetti, F. 2005. Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes: Colubridae) en Paraguay. Cuadernos de Herpetologia 19(1): 61-62.

Dourado de Mesquita, P.C.M.; Cunha Passos, D.; Borges-Nojosa, D.M.; Holanda Bezerra, C. 2009. Natural history notes: Apostolepis cearensis (Gomes' Burrowing Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 40(4): 440.

Etchepare, E.G. 2005. Nuevo registro de Tantilla melanocephala para la Provincia de Entre Rios, Argentina. Facena 21: 147-148.

Granzinolli, M.A.M.; Motta-Junior, J.C. 2003. Natural history notes: Tantilla melanocephala (Black-headed Snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 34(2): 156-157.

Greenbaum, E.; Carr, J.L.; Almendariz, A. 2004. Taxonomic status of Tantilla equatoriana Wilson and Mena 1980 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Southwestern Naturalist 49(4): 457-464.

Hamdan, B.S.; Lira da Silva, R.M. 2012. The snakes of Bahia State, northeastern Brazil: species richness, composition and biogeographical notes. Salamandra 48(1): 31-50.

Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R. 2006. Geographic distribution: Tantilla melanocephala (NCN). Herpetological Review 37(4): 501.

Lema, T. de 1978. Ocorrencia de Tantilla melanocephala (L., 1758) no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, e o 'status' de Tantilla capistrata Cope, 1876 (Ophidia: Colubridae). Comunicações do Museu de Ciencias da PUCRGS (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul) 18/19: 1-25.

Lema, T. de 2004. New species of Tantilla Baird & Girard from northeastern Brazil (Serpentes, Colubrinae). Acta Biologica Leopoldensia 26(2): 267-283.

Luis Hurtado, J.; Blanco, D. 1995. Nuevo registro de ofidios del bosque Nublado del Valle de Q'osnipata, Cusco. Boletin de Lima 16(91-96) [1994]: 49-52.

Maddock, S.T.; Smith, E.F.; Peck, M.R.; Noe Morales, J. 2011. Natural history notes: Tantilla melanocephala (Black-headed Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 42(4): 620.

Marques, O.A.V.; Puorto, G. 1998. Feeding, reproduction and growth in the crowned snake Tantilla melanocephala (Colubridae), from southeastern Brazil. Amphibia-Reptilia 19(3): 311-318.

Maschio, G.F.; Prudente, A.L.C.; Rodrigues, F.S.; Hoogmoed, M.S. 2010. Food habits of Anilius scytale (Serpentes: Aniliidae) in the Brazilian Amazonia. Zoologia 27(2): 184-190.

Mata-Silva, V.; Wilson, L.D. 2016. The taxonomic status of Tantilla marcovani Lema 2004 (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 4092(3): 421-425.

Montanelli, S.; Alvarez, B.B. 1998. Geographic distribution: Tantilla melanocephala. Herpetological Review 29(3): 179.

Pinto, R.R. 2008. Natural history notes: Micrurus corallinus (Painted Coralsnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 39(4): 471.

Ramos, B.; Gallardo, F.B.; Baldo, J.L. 2013. Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) - (Serpentes: Colubridae). Primeros registros para la Provincia de Jujuy y confirmación de su presencia en el noroeste argentino. Cuadernos de Herpetologia 27(1-2): 81-83.

Rocha, C.R.; Motta, P.C.; Portella, A.S.; Saboya, M.; Brandão, R. 2017. Predation of the snake Tantilla melanocephala (Squamata: Colubridae) by the spider Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Central Brazil. Herpetology Notes 10: 647-650.

Ruiz-García, J.A.; Curi, L.M.; Lamas, M.F.; Céspedez, J.A. 2016. Natural history notes: Tantilla melanocephala (Crowned Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 47(4): 689.

Sánchez Guillén, N.; Mendoza Mendoza, I. 2014. Comportamiento defensivo en un ejemplar juvenil de la serpiente Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758). Herpetotropicos 10(1-2): 59-61.

Sánchez-Guillen, N.; Mendoza-Mendoza, I. 2014. Defensive behavior in a juvenile of the snake Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758). Herpetotropicos 10(1-2): 59-61.

Santos-Costa, M.C. dos; Prudente, A.L.C.; Di-Bernardo, M. 2006. Reproductive biology of Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes, Colubridae) from eastern Amazonia, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 40(4): 553-556.

Schaefer, E.F.; Alvarez, B.B. 2000. Geographic distribution: Tantilla melanocephala. Argentina: Corrientes. Herpetological Review 31(2): 115.

Shreve, B. 1947. On Venezuelan reptiles and amphibians collected by Dr. G. Kugler. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 99(5): 517-537.

Valls Moraes, F.; Yuki, R.N. 1998. Natural history notes: Anilius scytale (False Coral Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 29(1): 43-44.

Wilson, L.D. 1979. New departmental records for reptiles and amphibians from Honduras. Herpetological Review 10(1): 25.

Wilson, L.D. 1988. Tantilla equatoriana. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 453: 1.

Wilson, L.D. 1992. Tantilla melanocephala. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 547: 1-3.

Tantilla miyatai

Wilson, L.D. 1990. Tantilla miyatai. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 477: 1.

Tantilla moesta

Neri-Castro, E.E.; Montalbán-Huidobro, C.; Ortiz-Medina, J.A. 2017. Distribution notes: First record of Tantilla moesta (Squamata: Colubridae) from the state of Campeche, Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(3): 673-674.

Wilson, L.D. 1988. Tantilla moesta. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 454: 1.

Tantilla nigra

Wilson, L.D. 1992. Tantilla nigra. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 548: 1.

Tantilla nigriceps

Brown, B.C. 1951. The Texan hooded snake in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Herpetologica 7: 175.

Censky, E.J.; McCoy, C.J. 1985. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Blackhead Snake). Herpetological Review 16(2): 60.

Chiszar, D.; Smith, H.M. 1992. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Blackhead Snake). Herpetological Review 23(4): 124.

Chiszar, D.; Smith, H.M. 1994. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Blackhead Snake). USA: Colorado: Crowley Co. Herpetological Review 25(4): 168.

Costa, G.C.; Wolfe, C.; Shepard, D.B.; Caldwell, J.P.; Vitt, L.J. 2008. Detecting the influence of climatic variables on species distributions: a test using GIS niche-based models along a steep longitudinal environmental gradient. Journal of Biogeography 35(4): 637-646.

Dundee, H.A. 1995. New Texas herpetofaunal county records represented in the Tulane University Museum of Natural History. Herpetological Review 26(4): 211-212.

Giermakowski, J.T.; Bauernfeind, S. 2016. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 47(3): 429.

Gotte, S.W.; Wilson, L.D. 2005. Commentary on the type material of Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard, 1853 and Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott, 1860 (Reptilia: Squamata), with a neotype designation for T. nigriceps. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(3): 596-604.

Guthrie, J.E. 1926. Food of Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott. Copeia 1926(154): 133.

Hages, W.K.; Duvall, D.; Gern, W.A.; Baxter, G.T. 1990. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps nigriceps (Plains Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 21(1): 24.

Hammerson, G.A.; Valentine, L.; Livo, L.J. 1991. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Blackhead Snake). Herpetological Review 22(2): 69.

Hill, R.E.; Mackessy, S.P. 1997. Venom yields from several species of colubrid snakes and differential effects of ketamine. Toxicon 35(5): 671-678.

Holm, J.A. 2004. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 35(1): 84-85.

Holman, J.A. 1962. Tantilla nigriceps from Kinney County, Texas. Herpetologica 17: 274.

Hubbs, B.; Whitney, C. 2010. Tantilla nigriceps (plains blackhead snake). Journal of Kansas Herpetology 33: 6.

LaDuc, T.J.; Johnson, J.D. 1994. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Blackhead Snake). USA: Texas: Sherman Co. Herpetological Review 25(4): 168.

Lannutti, D.I.; Laduc, T.J.; Johnson, J.D. 1996. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 27(4): 215.

Lardie, R.L. 1975. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps nigriceps. USA: Oklahoma: Garfield Co. Herpetological Review 6(2): 45.

Liner, E.A. 1977. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps fumiceps. Mexico: Tamaulipas. Herpetological Review 8(3): 85.

Liner, E.A.; Chaney, A.H.; Johnson, R.M. 1978. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps fumiceps. Mexico: Nuevo Leon. Herpetological Review 9(1): 22.

Loomis, R.B.; Jones, J.K. 1951. Distribution and variation of the black-headed snake in Nebraska. Copeia 1951: 242.

McAllister, C.T. 2003. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 34(4): 390-391.

Montgomery, C.; Waldron, K.; Hobert, J.; Donoho, R.; Mackessy, S.P. 1996. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps nigriceps (Plains Blackhead Snake). Herpetological Review 27(1): 36.

Montgomery, C.; Waldron, K.; Hobert, J.; Donoho, R.; Mackessy, S.P. 1996. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps nigriceps (Plains Blackhead Snake). USA: Colorado: Kiowa Co. Herpetological Review 27(1): 35.

Nevarez, M. 1999. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps fumiceps (Texas Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 30(2): 114.

Nevárez-De Los Reyes, M.; Lazcano, D.; Banda-Leal, J. 2017. Geographic Distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 48(3): 591.

Painter, C.W.; Sias, D.S.; Salceies, D.; Humphrey, P.E. 2003. Natural history notes: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Black-headed Snake). Maximum size. Herpetological Review 34(2): 157.

Painter, C.W.; Tomberlin, B.R.; Gee, J.H. 1997. Natural history notes: Tantilla hobartsmithi (Southwestern Black-headed Snake) and Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Black-headed Snake). Coloration. Herpetological Review 28(2): 91.

Perry, T.W.; Hauer, G. 1996. Natural history notes: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Black-headed Snake). Maximum size and size variation. Herpetological Review 27(4): 205-206.

Peyton, M.M. 1991. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Blackhead Snake). Herpetological Review 22(1): 26.

Ruthven, D.C.; Kazmaier, R.T.; Moody, J.K. 1999. New county records from Dimmit and La Salle counties, Texas, USA. Herpetological Review 30(4): 238.

Smith, H.M. 1941. Synonymy of Tantilla nigriceps fumiceps Cope. Copeia 1941: 112.

Smith, H.M.; Hammerson, G.A.; Chiszar, D.; Ramotnik, C. 1993. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Blackhead Snake). Herpetological Review 24(4): 157.

Smith, H.M.; Larsen, K.R. 1975. The identity of the snake name Homalocranion praeoculum Bocourt. Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 237-240.

Soltesz, K.L.; Holmes, J.D. 1977. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps nigriceps. USA: Colorado: Lincoln Co. Herpetological Review 8(1): 14.

Tanner, W.W.; Robison, W.G. 1960. New and unusual serpents from Chihuahua, Mexico. Herpetologica 16: 67-70.

Taylor, N.C.; Graham, S.P. 2015. Geographic distribution: Tantilla nigriceps (Plains Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 46(4): 577.

Webb, R.G. 1961. Notes on some amphibians and reptiles from northern Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 63: 289-298.

Tantilla oaxacae

Wilson, L.D. 1990. Tantilla oaxacae. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 503: 1.

Tantilla olympia

Townsend, J.H.; Wilson, L.D.; Medina-Flores, M.; Herrera-B., L.A. 2013. A new species of centipede snake in the Tantilla taeniata group (Squamata: Colubridae) from premontane rainforest in Refugio de Vida Silvestre Texiguat, Honduras. Journal of Herpetology 47(1): 191-200.

Tantilla oolitica

Hines, K.N. 2011. Status and distribution of the Rim Rock Crowned Snake, Tantilla oolitica. Herpetological Review 42(3): 352-356.

Krysko, K.L.; Decker, J. 1996. Geographic distribution: Tantilla oolitica (Rim Rock Crowned Snake). Herpetological Review 27(4): 215.

Porras, L.; Wilson, L.D. 1979. New distributional records for Tantilla oolitica Telford (Reptilia, Serpentes Colubridae) from the Florida Keys. Journal of Herpetology 13(2): 218-220.

Rochford, M.; Hines, K.; Mazzotti, F.J. 2010. Natural history notes: Tantilla oolitica (Rim Rock Crowned Snake). Defensive behavior. Herpetological Review 41(1): 99.

Telford, S.R. 1980. Tantilla oolitica. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 256: 1.

Yirka, M.A.; Flowers, J.N.; Martin, M.D.; Messenger, K.R.; Shepard, N.A. 2010. Geographic distribution: Tantilla oolitica (Rim Rock Crowned Snake) USA: Florida. Herpetological Review 41(3): 382.

Yirka, M.A.; Flowers, J.N.; Martin, M.D.; Messenger, K.R.; Shepard, N.A. 2010. Geographic distribution: Tantilla oolitica (Rim Rock Crowned Snake). Herpetological Review 41(4): 519.

Tantilla petersi

Wilson, L.D. 1979. A new snake of the genus Tantilla from Ecuador. Herpetologica 35(3): 274-276.

Wilson, L.D. 1991. Tantilla petersi. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 527: 1.

Tantilla planiceps

Cole, C.J.; Hardy, L.M. 1981. Systematics of North American colubrid snakes related to Tantilla planiceps (Blainville). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 171(3): 201-284.

Cole, C.J.; Hardy, L.M. 1983. Tantilla planiceps. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 319: 1-2.

Ely, E. 1997. Natural history notes: Tantilla planiceps (California Black-headed Snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 28(3): 154-155.

Evelyn, C.J.; Henry, L.C. 2014. Geographic distribution: Tantilla planicepsi (Western Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 45(3): 467.

Goldberg, S.R. 2017. Natural history notes: Tantilla planiceps (Western Black-headed Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 48(1): 220.

Klauber, L.M. 1924. Tantilla eiseni reported from Lower California. Copeia 1924(131): 62.

Klauber, L.M. 1943. A desert subspecies of the snake Tantilla eiseni. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10(5): 71-74.

Pequegnat, W.E. 1951. The biota of the Santa Ana Mountains. Journal Ent. Zool. 42: 1-84.

Stejneger, L.H. 1895. Description of a new species of snake (Tantilla eiseni) from California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18: 117-118.

Tantilla psittaca

McCranie, J.R. 2011. A new species of Tantilla of the taeniata species group (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae, Colubrinae) from northeastern Honduras. Zootaxa 3037: 37-44.

Tantilla relicta

Elliott, M.J.; McGhee, M.E. 2000. Geographic distribution: Tantilla relicta neilli (Central Florida Crowned Snake). Herpetological Review 31(4): 256.

Enge, K.M.; Mays, J.D. 2016. Natural history notes: Micrurus fulvius (Harlequin Coralsnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 47(3): 480.

Mushinsky, H.R.; Witz, B.W. 1993. Notes on the peninsula crowned snake, Tantilla relicta, in periodically burned habitat. Journal of Herpetology 27(4): 468-470.

Schrey, A.W.; Evans, R.K.; Netherland, M.; Ashton, K.G.; Mushinsky, H.R.; McCoy, E.D. 2015. Phylogeography of the Peninsula Crowned Snake (Tantilla relicta relicta) on the Lake Wales Ridge in Central Florida. Journal of Herpetology 49(3): 415-419.

Smith, C.R. 1982. Food resource partitioning of fossorial Florida reptiles. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Research Report 13: 173-178.

Telford, S.R. 1980. Tantilla relicta. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 257: 1-2.

Tantilla reticulata

Berghe, E. van den; Sunyer, J.; Salazar-Saavedra, M. 2014. Miscellaneous notes: Tantilla reticulata Cope, 1860. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1(2): 304-305.

Leenders, T. 2004. Natural history notes: Tantilla reticulata (NCN). Arboreal activity. Herpetological Review 35(2): 181-182.

Solórzano, A.; Wilson, L.D.; Porras, L.W. 2012. Natural history notes: Tantilla reticulata (Lined Crowned Snake). diet. Herpetological Review 43(1): 153.

Wilson, L.D. 1985. Tantilla reticulata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 370: 1.

Tantilla robusta

Canseco-Marquez, L.; Mendelson, J.R.; Gutiérrez-Mayén, G. 2002. A new species of large Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Puebla, Mexico. Herpetologica 58(4): 492-497.

Tantilla rubra

Auth, D.L.; Smith, H.M.; Breukelen, F. van; Chiszar, D. 1997. Geographic distribution: Tantilla rubra (Red Blackhead Snake). Herpetological Review 28(4): 211.

Dixon, J.R.; Vaughan, R.K.; Wilson, L.D. 2000. The taxonomy of Tantilla rubra and allied taxa (Serpentes: Colubridae). Southwestern Naturalist 45(2): 141-153.

Farr, W.; Burkhardt, T.; Lazcano, D. 2011. Natural history notes: Tantilla rubra (Red Black-headed Snake). Maximum size. Herpetological Review 42(3): 445.

Hensley, M.M.; Smith, P.W. 1962. Noteworthy herpetological records from the Mexican states of Hidalgo and Tabasco. Herpetologica 18: 70-71.

Liner, E.A.; Chaney, A.H. 1990. Life history notes: Tantilla rubra rubra (Red Blackhead Snake). Arboreality. Herpetological Review 21(1): 20.

Liner, E.A.; Johnson, R.M.; Chaney, A.H. 1982. Geographic distribution: Tantilla rubra rubra (Red Blackhead Snake). Herpetological Review 13(2): 53.

Mata-Silva, V.; DeSantis, D.L.; García-Padilla, E.; Rocha, A.; Wilson, L.D.; Ramírez-Bautista, A. 2016. Distribution notes: Tantilla rubra Cope, 1863. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(4): 1059-1060.

Mata-Silva, V.; García-Padilla, E.; Desantis, D.L.; Rocha, A.; Wilson, L.D.; Simón-Salvador, P.R.; Mayoral-Halla, C.; Montiel-Altamirano, B.F.; Ramírez-Bautista, A. 2017. Distribution notes: New herpetofaunal distribution records for the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(3): 679-683.

Wilson, L.D.; Vaughan, R.K.; Dixon, J.R. 2000. Tantilla rubra. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 720: 720.1-720.3.

Tantilla ruficeps

Smith, H.M.; Grant, C. 1958. New and noteworthy snakes from Panama. Herpetologica 14: 207-215.

Tantilla schistosa

Luja, V.H. 2006. Geographic distribution: Tantilla schistosa (Red Earth Centipede Snake). Herpetological Review 37(4): 501.

McCoy, C.J.; Censky, E.J.; Devender, R.W. van 1986. Distribution records for amphibians and reptiles in Belize, Central America. Herpetological Review 17(1): 28.

McCranie, J.R.; Valdés-Orellana, L. 2011. Geographic distribution: Tantilla schistosa (Red-bellied Earth Centipede Snake; Pequena Traga-cienpies). Herpetological Review 42(4): 574.

Shannon, F.A. 1951. Notes on a herpetological collection from Oaxaca and other localities in Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 101: 465-484.

Smith, H.M. 1962. The subspecies of Tantilla schistosa of Middle America (Reptilia: Serpentes). Herpetologica 18: 13-18.

Solís, J.M.; Valle, R.E.; Herrera, L.A.; O’Reilly, C.M.; Downing, R. 2015. Distribution notes: Range extensions and new departmental records for amphibians and reptiles in Honduras. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(4): 557-561.

Stuart, L.C. 1941. Some new snakes from Guatemala. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 452: 1-7.

Wilson, L.D. 1987. Tantilla schistosa. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 409: 1-2.

Tantilla semicincta

Wilson, L.D. 1976. Variation in South American colubrid snake Tantilla semicincta (Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril), with comments on pattern dimorphism. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 75(1): 42-48.

Wilson, L.D. 1990. Tantilla semicincta. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 478: 1.

Tantilla sertula

Rocha, A.; Mata-Silva, V.; García-Padilla, E.; DeSantis, D.L.; Wilson, L.D. 2016. Distribution notes: Third known specimen and first locality record in Oaxaca, Mexico, for Tantilla sertula Wilson and Campbell, 2000 (Squamata: Colubridae). Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(3): 771-774.

Wilson, L.D.; Campbell, J.A. 2000. A new species of the calamarina group of the colubrid snake genus Tantilla (Reptilia: Squamata) from Guerrero, Mexico, with a review of and key to members of the group. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(3): 820-827.

Tantilla shawi

Campbell, J.A.; Camarillo-Rangel, J.L.; Ustach, P.C. 1995. Redescription and rediagnosis of Tantilla shawi (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 40(1): 120-123.

Wilson, L.D. 1991. Tantilla shawi. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 528: 1.

Tantilla slavensi

Pérez-Higareda, G.; Smith, H.M.; Smith, R.B. 1985. A new species of Tantilla from Veracruz, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 19(2): 290-292.

Tantilla stenigrammi

Tantilla striata

Dunn, E.R. 1928. New Central American snakes in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 314: 1-4.

Wilson, L.D. 1990. Tantilla striata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 504: 1.

Tantilla supracincta

Boettger, O. 1892. Drei neue colubriforme Schlangen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 15: 417-420.

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2005. Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae, Tantilla supracincta: filling gap, first provincial record, geographic distribution map, and natural history. Check List 1(1): 23-26.

Goldberg, S.R. 2015. Natural history notes: Tantilla supracincta (Banded Centipede Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 46(3): 454-455.

Hurtado-Gómez, J.P.; Grisales-Martínez, F.A.; Rendón-Valencia, B. 2015. Starting to fill the gap: first record of Tantilla supracincta (Peters, 1863) (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Colombia. Check List 11(4)(Article 1713): 1-4.

Wilson, L.D. 1985. Tantilla annulata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 379: 1.

Tantilla taeniata

Campbell, J.A. 1998. Comments on the identities of certain Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guatemala, with the descriptions of two new species. Scientific Papers Natural History Museum the University of Kansas 7: 1-14.

McCranie, J.R.; Marineros, L.; Valdés-Orellana, L. 2012. Geographic distribution: Tantilla taeniata. Honduras: Atlántida. Herpetological Review 43(4): 623.

Wilson, L.D. 1974. Tantilla taeniata (Bocourt): an addition to the snake fauna of El Salvador. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 73(1): 53-54.

Wilson, L.D. 1983. Tantilla taeniata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 344: 1-2.

Tantilla tayrae

Campbell, J.A. 1998. Comments on the identities of certain Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guatemala, with the descriptions of two new species. Scientific Papers Natural History Museum the University of Kansas 7: 1-14.

Wilson, L.D. 1983. A new species of Tantilla of the Taeniata group from Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 17(1): 54-59.

Wilson, L.D. 1990. Tantilla tayrae. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 479: 1.

Tantilla tecta

Campbell, J.A.; Smith, E.N. 1997. A new species of Tantilla (Serpentes: Colubridae) from northeastern Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110(3): 332-337.

Tantilla trilineata

Peters, W.C.H. 1880. Über neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien des Berliner Zoologischen Museums (Leposoma dispar, Monopeltis (Phractogonus) jugularis, Typhlops depressus, Leptocalamus trilineatus, Xenodon punctatus, Elapomorphus erythronotus, Hylomantis fallax). Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1880(February): 217-224.

Tantilla triseriata

Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D.; Breukelen, F. van 1998. Resurrection of Tantilla triseriata (Reptilia: Serpentes) of Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 43(3): 374-375.

Smith, H.M.; Smith, P.W. 1951. A new snake (Tantilla) from the isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 64: 97-100.

Tantilla vermiformis

Ariano-Sánchez, D. 2015. Geographic distribution: Tantilla vermiformis (Hallowell's Centipede Snake). Herpetological Review 46(2): 221-222.

Devender, R.W. van; Cole, C.J. 1977. Notes on a colubrid snake, Tantilla vermiformis, from Central America. American Museum Novitates 2625: 1-12.

Wilson, L.D. 1987. Tantilla vermiformis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 410: 1.

Tantilla vulcani

Campbell, J.A. 1998. Comments on the identities of certain Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guatemala, with the descriptions of two new species. Scientific Papers Natural History Museum the University of Kansas 7: 1-14.

Himes, J.G.; Enge, K.M. 2017. Natural history notes: Tantilla vulcani (Vulcan Centipede Snake). Altitudinal distribution and color photodocumentation. Herpetological Review 48(3): 686.

Tantilla wilcoxi

Carbajal-Márquez, R.A.; Arenas-Monroy, J.C.; Quintero-Díaz, G.E.; González-Saucedo, Z.Y.; García-Balderas, C.M. 2015. First records of the Chihuahuan Black-headed Snake, Tantilla wilcoxi Stejneger, 1902 (Squamata: Colubridae), in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Check List 11(1)(Article 1537): 1-3.

Conant, R. 1965. Miscellaneous notes and comments on toads, lizards, and snakes from Mexico. American Museum Novitates 2205: 1-38.

Goldberg, S.R. 2004. Natural history notes: Tantilla wilcoxi (Chihuahuan Black-headed Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 35(1): 73.

Hansen, R.W.; Tremper, R.L. 2018. Geographic distribution: Tantilla wilcoxi (Chihuahuan Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 49(4): 719.

Liner, E.A. 1983. Tantilla wilcoxi. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 345: 1-2.

McDiarmid, R.W. 1992. Systematic status of the San Luis Potosi black-headed snake, Tantilla deviatrix Barbour (Colubridae). Southwestern Naturalist 37(3): 303-307.

Tantilla yaquia

Bogan, M.T.; Findley, L.T.; Enderson, E.F. 2009. Geographic distribution: Tantilla yaquia (Yaqui Black-headed Snake). Herpetological Review 40(4): 458.

McCoy, C.J. 1964. The snake Tantilla yaquia in Arizona: an addition to the fauna of the United States. Copeia 1964: 216-217.

McDiarmid, R.W. 1968. Variation, distribution and systematic status of the black-headed snake Tantilla yaquia Smith. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 67: 159-177.

McDiarmid, R.W. 1977. Tantilla yaquia. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 198: 1-2.

Painter, C.W.; Hyder, P.W.; Swinford, G. 1992. Three species new to the herpetofauna of New Mexico. Herpetological Review 23(2): 62.

Wilcox, M.D.; Wilcox, D.A.; Beaman, K.R.; Painter, C.W. 2000. Geographic distribution: Tantilla yaquia (Yaqui Blackhead Snake). Herpetological Review 31(3): 187.

Zweifel, R.G.; Norris, K.S. 1955. Contribution to the herpetology of Sonora, Mexico: descriptions of new subspecies of snakes (Micruroides euryxanthus and Lampropeltis getulus) and miscellaneous collecting notes. American Midland Naturalist 54: 230-249.