Tantilla rubra
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Tantilla |
| Species: | T. rubra
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| Binomial name | |
| Tantilla rubra Cope, 1875
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Tantilla rubra, also known commonly as the red black-headed snake, the Big Bend black-headed snake, and la rojilla in Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.[2] The species is native to southern Mexico and western Guatemala.
Geographic range
[edit]Tantilla rubra is found in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas and in western Guatemala.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of Tantilla rubra is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 2,618 m (8,589 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit]Tantilla rubra is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]Tantilla rubra is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Flores-Villela, O. (2013). "Tantilla rubra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T63958A3131948. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63958A3131948.en. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d Species Tantilla rubra at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit]- Boulenger, G.A. (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Homalocranium rubrum, p. 219).
- Cope, E.D. (1875). "On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica: With Notes on the Herpetology and Ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Second Series. 8: 93–154. (Tantilla rubra, new species, p. 144).
- Heimes, P. (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3899731002. 572 pp.
- Wilson, L.D.; Vaughn, R.K.; Dixon, J.R. (2000). "Tantilla rubra Cope, La Rojilla (Red Black-headed snake)". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 720: 1–3.
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