Centipede Snakes
Tantilla
Tantilla is a large genus of harmless New World snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus includes 66 species, which are commonly known as centipede snakes, black-headed snakes, and flathead snakes.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 69 known species
Flat-headed Snake
speciesTantilla gracilis
Black-headed Snake
speciesTantilla melanocephala
Plains Black-headed Snake
speciesTantilla nigriceps
Southeastern Crowned Snake
speciesTantilla coronata
Southwestern Blackhead Snake
speciesTantilla hobartsmithi
Western Black-headed Snake
speciesTantilla planiceps
Bocourt's Black-headed Snake
speciesTantilla bocourti
Florida Crowned Snake
speciesTantilla relicta
Black-necked Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla armillata
Yaqui Black-headed Snake
speciesTantilla yaquia
Big Bend Blackhead Snake
speciesTantilla cucullata
Chihuahuan Black-headed Snake
speciesTantilla wilcoxi
Red Black-headed Snake
speciesTantilla rubra
Pacific Coast Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla calamarina
Ringed Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla semicincta
Banded Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla supracincta
Blackbelly Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla moesta
Mexican Black-headed Snake
speciesTantilla atriceps
Striped Crowned Snake
speciesTantilla ruficeps
Litter Snake
speciesTantilla reticulata
Red Earth Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla schistosa
Tantilla boipiranga
speciesTantilla boipiranga
Capistrata Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla capistrata
Peten Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla cuniculator
Boulenger's Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla alticola
Hallowell's Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla vermiformis
Deppe's Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla deppei
Tantilla ceboruca
speciesTantilla ceboruca
Tantilla selmae
speciesTantilla selmae
Striped Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla striata
Peten Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla hendersoni
Central American Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla taeniata
Tantilla gottei
speciesTantilla gottei
Mertens' Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla brevicauda
Tantilla excelsa
speciesTantilla excelsa
Peters' Black-headed Snake
speciesTantilla petersi
Rim Rock Crowned Snake
speciesTantilla oolitica
Chucantí Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla berguidoi
Michoacán Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla cascadae
Yellow-lined Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla flavilineata
Oaxacan Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla oaxacae
Volcanic Highland Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla vulcani
Central Guatemalan Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla impensa
Three-banded Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla tritaeniata
Mena's Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla lempira
Tantilla stenigrammi
speciesTantilla stenigrammi
Texiguat Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla olympia
Mountain Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla insulamontana
Tantilla miyatai
speciesTantilla miyatai
Tantilla sertula
speciesTantilla sertula
Guerreran Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla coronadoi
Slavens' Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla slavensi
Tantilla psittaca
speciesTantilla psittaca
Jan's Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla jani
Tantilla tjiasmantoi
speciesTantilla tjiasmantoi
Tantilla lydia
speciesTantilla lydia
Tantilla carolina
speciesTantilla carolina
Three-lined Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla trilineata
Black Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla nigra
Three-lined Centipede Snake
speciesTantilla triseriata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 28465.