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Tantilla wilcoxi STEJNEGER, 1902

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Chihuahuan Blackhead Snake
S: Centipedívora de Chihiuahua 
SynonymTantilla wilcoxi STEJNEGER 1902: 156
Tantilla deviatrix BARBOUR 1916: 93
Tantilla wilcoxi rubricata SMITH 1942: 40 (fide WILSON 1999)
Tantilla bocourti deviatrix — SMITH & LAUFE 1945
Tantilla bocourti deviatrix — SMITH & SMITH 1976 (fide MCDIARMID 1992)
Tantilla wilcoxi — STEBBINS 1985: 219
Tantilla deviatrix — MCDIARMID 1992
Tantilla wilcoxi — LINER 1994
Tantilla wilcoxi — LINER 2007
Tantilla wilcoxi — WILSON & MATA-SILVA 2014: 61
Tantilla wilcoxi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 707 
DistributionUSA (S Arizona, New Mexico), Mexico (from US south to Chihuahua, NE Sinaloa, C Durango, Zacatecas, SE Coahuila, Tamaulipas, S Nuevo Leon, W San Luis Potosi, Aguascalientes, Sonora, Jalisco)

Elevation: 914–2,438 m (WILSON & MATA-SILVA 2014)

Type locality: Fort Huachuca, Cochise County, Arizona.

deviatrix: Mexico (San Luis Potosi). Type locality: San Luis Potosi, Mexico.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 19674, juvenile male collected in 1892 by Timothy E. Wilcox, M.D.; MCZ R-6195 (MCZ online catalog); other specimens: KU
Holotype: MCZ 6195 [deviatrix]
Holotype: USNM 110399 (but given as USNM 19674 by Wilson 1999: 19) [rubricata] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2656 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Timothy Erastus Wilcox (1840-1932), surgeon who collected the holotype. 
References
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  • Carbajal-Márquez, Rubén A. and Gustavo E. Quintero-Díaz 2016. The Herpetofauna of Aguascalientes, México. Revista Mexicana de Herpetología 2(1):
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