Genus of snakes
Centipede snake (Tantilla armillata ),Nicaragua (August 3, 2013) Smith's black-head snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi El Paso County, Texas (July, 2021) Neotropical black-headed snake (Tantilla melanocephala Brazil (October 2, 2018) Plains black headed snake (Tantilla nigriceps Florida crowned snake (Tantilla relicta Highlands County, Florida (March 20, 2007) Red black-headed snake (Tantilla rubra ),Chiapas , Mexico (October, 2014) Tantilla genus of harmlessNew World snakes in thefamily Colubridae . The genus includes 66species , which arecommonly known ascentipede snakes ,black-headed snakes , andflathead snakes .[ 6] [ 7]
Tantilla are small snakes, rarely exceeding 20 cm (8 inches) in total length (including tail). They are generally varying shades ofbrown ,red orblack in color. Some species have a brown body with a black head.
Tantilla arenocturnal , secretive snakes. They spend most of their time buried in the moist leaf litter of semi-forested regions or under rocks and debris.
Thediet of snakes of the genusTantilla consists primarily ofinvertebrates , includingscorpions ,centipedes ,spiders , and variousinsects .
Tantilla albiceps Barbour , 1925Panama Tantilla alticola (Boulenger , 1903) – Boulenger's centipede snake –Nicaragua ,Costa Rica ,Panama ,Colombia Tantilla andinista Wilson &Mena , 1980Ecuador Tantilla armillata Cope , 1876Tantilla atriceps (Günther , 1895) – Mexican blackhead snake –US (Arizona ,Texas ,New Mexico ), northernMexico Tantilla bairdi Stuart , 1941Baird's black-headed snake[ 8] Guatemala Tantilla berguidoi Batista ,Mebert ,Lotzkat & Wilson, 2016Tantilla bocourti (Günther, 1895) –Bocourt's black-headed snake[ 8] Tantilla boipiranga Sawaya &Sazima , 2003Brazil Tantilla brevicauda Mertens , 1952Tantilla briggsi Savitzky &H.M. Smith , 1971Tantilla calamarina Cope, 1876 – Pacific Coast centipede snake – MexicoTantilla capistrata Cope, 1876 – Capistrata centipede snake –Peru Tantilla carolina Palacios-Aguilar ,Fucsko ,Jiménez-Arcos , Wilson &Mata-Silva , 2022Tantilla cascadae Wilson & Meyer, 1981Tantilla ceboruca Canseco-Márquez et al., 2007Tantilla coronadoi Hartweg , 1944Tantilla coronata Baird &Girard , 1853Tantilla cucullata Minton , 1956Big Bend blackhead snake – US (Texas), MexicoTantilla cuniculator H.M. Smith, 1939 – Peten centipede snake – south Mexico,Belize , GuatemalaTantilla deppei (Bocourt , 1883) –Deppe's centipede snake – MexicoTantilla excelsa McCranie &E.N. Smith , 2017Tantilla flavilineata H.M. Smith &Burger , 1950 – yellow-lined centipede snake – MexicoTantilla gottei McCranie & E.N. Smith, 2017 – HondurasTantilla gracilis Baird &Girard , 1853[ 9] Tantilla hendersoni Stafford , 2004Tantilla hobartsmithi Taylor , 1936Tantilla impensa Campbell , 1998Tantilla insulamontana Wilson & Mena, 1980 – mountain centipede snake – EcuadorTantilla jani (Günther, 1895) –Jan's centipede snake – GuatemalaTantilla johnsoni Wilson,Vaughn &Dixon , 1999 – MexicoTantilla lempira Wilson & Mena, 1980 – Mena's centipede snake –Honduras Tantilla lydia Antúnez-Fonseca ,Castro ,España ,Townsend & Wilson, 2020Honduras Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus , 1758) – blackhead snake – Mexico,Central andSouth America .Tantilla miyatai Wilson &Knight , 1987 – EcuadorTantilla moesta (Günther, 1863) – blackbelly centipede snake – Mexico, Guatemala, BelizeTantilla nigra (Boulenger, 1914) – black centipede snake – ColombiaTantilla nigriceps Kennicott , 1860Tantilla oaxacae Wilson & Meyer, 1971 – Oaxacan centipede snake MexicoTantilla olympia Townsend, Wilson,Medina-Flores &Herrera , 2013 – HondurasTantilla oolitica Telford , 1966Florida )Tantilla petersi Wilson, 1979 –Peters's blackhead snakeTantilla planiceps (Blainville , 1835) – western blackhead snake – United States (California ), northern MexicoTantilla psittaca McCranie, 2011 – HondurasTantilla relicta Telford, 1966 – Florida crowned snake – US (Florida)Tantilla reticulata (Cope, 1860) – reticulate centipede snake – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, ColombiaTantilla robusta Canseco-Márquez,Mendelson &Gutiérrez-Mayén , 2002 – MexicoTantilla rubra Cope, 1876 – Big Bend blackhead snake – Guatemala, MexicoTantilla ruficeps Cope, 1894 – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, PanamaTantilla schistosa (Bocourt , 1883) – red earth centipede snake – Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, PanamaTantilla semicincta (A.M.C. Duméril ,Bibron &A.H.A. Duméril , 1854) – ringed centipede snake – Panama, Colombia, VenezuelaTantilla sertula Wilson & Campbell, 2000 – MexicoTantilla shawi Taylor, 1949 –Potosí centipede snake – MexicoTantilla slavensi Pérez-Higareda , H.M. Smith &R.B. Smith , 1985Tantilla stenigrammi McCranie & E.N. Smith, 2017 – HondurasTantilla striata Dunn , 1928Tantilla supracincta (W. Peters , 1863) – banded centipede snake – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, EcuadorTantilla taeniata Bocourt , 1883Tantilla tayrae Wilson, 1983 – Volcán Tacaná centipede snake – MexicoTantilla tecta Campbell & E.N. Smith, 1997 – white-striped centipede snake – GuatemalaTantilla tjiasmantoi (Koch &Venegas , 2016) – Tjiasmanto's centipede snake – PeruTantilla trilineata (W. Peters, 1880) – Brazilian three-lined centipede snake – BrazilTantilla triseriata H.M. Smith &P.W. Smith , 1951 – Mexican three-lined centipede snake – MexicoTantilla tritaeniata H.M. Smith &Williams , 1966 – three-banded centipede snake – HondurasTantilla vermiformis (Hallowell , 1861) – Hallowell's centipede snake – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El SalvatorTantilla vulcani Campbell , 1998Tantilla wilcoxi Stejneger , 1902Tantilla yaquia H.M. Smith, 1942 – Yaqui blackhead snake – US (Arizona, New Mexico), MexicoNota bene binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other thanTantilla .
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