Missouri Tantilla (Black-headed Snakes)
- Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard, 1853 - Flat-headed Snake
Native Status
Tantilla (Black-headed Snakes) is native to Missouri.
Linnaean Classification
- Kingdom:
- Animalia - Animals
- Phylum:
- Chordata - Chordates
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata - Vertebrates
- Class:
- Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 - Reptiles
- Order:
- Squamata Oppel, 1811 - Lizards and Snakes
- Family:
- Colubridae Oppel, 1811 - Harmless Egg-laying Snakes
- Genus:
- Tantilla Baird and Girard, 1853 - Black-headed Snakes
Recent Taxonomic Synonyms
(none)