Tantilla

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Tantilla - black-headed snakes

genus Tantilla

reptile genus - a genus of reptiles

Colubridae, family Colubridae - nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species

black-headed snake - small secretive ground-living snake; found from central United States to Argentina

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Drift fence survey, Hemidactylium scutatum, Tantilla coronata, Virginia

Abstracts and program for the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science, 2017

Amino acid sequences encoded by the Hox, ParaHox, EHG, and NK genes of 15 bivalve molluscs were retrieved: Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793), Crassostrea virginica (Grnelin, 1791), Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758), Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758), Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819), Ostrea edulis (Linnaeus, 1758), Patinopecten yessoensis (Jay, 1857), Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758), Pinctada fucata (Gould, 1850), Placopecten magellanicus (Grnelin, 1791), Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams & Reeve, 1850), Solen marginatus (Pulteney, 1799), Transennella tantilla (Gould.

Hox, Parahox, EHGbox, and NK genes in bivalve molluscs: evolutionary implications

A quantitative assessment of spermatozoan morphology in Nutricola confusa and Nutricola tantilla (Bivalvia: Veneridae).

Structure and formation of the unusual sperm of Patelloida latistrigata (mollusca: Patellogastropoda): implications for fertilization biology

Six species are central: yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens), ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata), Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), Texas spiny lizard (Sceloperus olivaceus), flat-headed snake (Tantilla gracilis) and Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni).

Vertebrate richness and biogeography in the Big Thicket of Texas

Snakes such as Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758), Ninia atrata (Hallowell, 1845), Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758), Atractus torquatus (Dumeril, Bibron et Dumeril, 1854), and other unidentified colubrids, have been found in B.

A prey item not previously recorded for Bothrops asper: a case of ophiophagy involving two sympatric pit viper species/Una presa de Bothrops asper no reportada previamente: un caso de ofiofagia que involucra dos especies simpatricas de viboras

(54) Wilson, 68; Berschin, 198 ("ut ego tantilla ex lutea materia confecta").

Incest disguised: Ottonian influence at Gandersheim and Hrotsvit's Abraham

Other reptile species that appear to be isolated as relict populations in the high ranges of the northeastern Mojave Desert (Stebbins 1995) include the ring-necked snake (Diadophis punctatus), western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis), striped whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus), Smith's black-headed snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi), Gilbert's skink (Eumeces gilberti), and Panamint alligator lizard (Elgaria panamintina).

A history of Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum cinctum) records from California with comments on factors affecting their distribution

maculosus), Eastern Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus), Southeastern Five-lined Skink (Eumeces inexpectatus), Broad-headed Skink (Eumeces laticeps), Eastern Six-lined Racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata), Northern Scarlet Snake (Cemophora coccinea copei), Red Cornsnake (Elaphe guttata), Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum), Southeastern Crowned Snake (Tantilla coronata), Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon platirhinos), Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys c.