Tantilla nigriceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Tantilla
Species: Tantilla nigriceps

Name

• Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott, 1860: 328

Syntypes (2): USNM 4491 and 2046. [lost fide Gotte in Wilson (1999: 12)]

Neotype: UTEP 1349, ♂. [designated by Gotte & Wilson (2005: 600)]

Type locality: “Fort Bliss, New Mexico; Indianola to Nueces, Texas”, redesigned by neotype designation to “AOR [alive on road] on Hueco Tanks [State Park] Road (Farm Road 2775), 0.25 miles [= 0.4 kilometers] N junction with United States highway 62–180”, by Gotte & Wilson (2005: 600).

Synonyms

• Scolecophis fumiceps Cope, 1861: 371 [synonymized by Cope (1861: 74)]

Holotype: MCZ R-46249.

Type locality: “probably Cuba”, in error fide Cope (1861: 74).

References

Primary references

• Kennicott, R. 1860. Descriptions of new species of North American serpents in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 328–338. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. Descriptions of reptiles from tropical America and Asia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 368–374. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1861. Remarks on Reptiles (Changes in Nomenclature: Species of Tantilla: Specific Characters of Lepidosternum floridanum). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 73–75. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[596:COTTMO]2.0.CO;2

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tantilla nigriceps. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2018.
• Frost, D.R., Hammerson, G.A. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Tantilla nigriceps  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63952A12731085. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63952A12731085.en

Vernacular names

English: Plains Blackhead Snake