Reptiles › Colubrid Snakes
Flat-headed Snake
Tantilla gracilis
26 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Rough EarthsnakeVirginia striatula
Plains Black-headed SnakeTantilla nigriceps
Texas Blind SnakeRena dulcis
Great Plains Ground SnakeSonora episcopa
Smooth EarthsnakeVirginia valeriae
DeKay's BrownsnakeStoreria dekayi
Southwestern Blackhead SnakeTantilla hobartsmithi
Common WormsnakeCarphophis amoenus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 6,503 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 3,213 |
| Missouri | 538 |
| Kansas | 408 |
| Oklahoma | 210 |
| Arkansas | 119 |
| Illinois | 49 |
| Louisiana | 9 |
| Kentucky | 4 |
| Mississippi | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Behavioral
- CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group
Group and habits
- PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Reptiles · Reptilia |
| Order | Snakes and Lizards · Squamata |
| Family | Colubrid Snakes · Colubridae |
| Genus | Centipede Snakes · Tantilla |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Flat-headed Snake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.