Texas records
Plains Black-headed Snake in Texas
HarmlessTantilla nigriceps
Yes. The Plains Black-headed Snake has been recorded in 116 Texas counties. It is non-venomous (harmless). Tiny and slender, plain brown or tan, often with a darker head cap.
Texas counties with Plains Black-headed Snake records
116 listed- Wichita
- El Paso
- Archer
- Tom Green
- Reagan
- Lubbock
- Hudspeth
- Brewster
- Denton
- Clay
- Starr
- Jeff Davis
- Hutchinson
- Crockett
- Mitchell
- Fisher
- Dallam
- Terrell
- Jim Hogg
- Crosby
- Hidalgo
- Dickens
- Andrews
- Randall
- Blanco
- Cottle
- Cameron
- Pecos
- Potter
- Garza
- Duval
- Coke
- Cochran
- Winkler
- Webb
- Val Verde
- Midland
- Bandera
- Atascosa
- Ector
- Culberson
- Aransas
- Concho
- Ward
- Shackelford
- Borden
- Motley
- Montague
- Bexar
- Maverick
- Lynn
- Howard
- Glasscock
- Gaines
- Donley
- Dawson
- Carson
- Zapata
- Young
- Willacy
- Wheeler
- Briscoe
- Victoria
- Uvalde
- Sterling
- Runnels
- Roberts
- McCulloch
- Lamb
- La Salle
- Knox
- Kinney
- Kent
- Baylor
- Hood
- Hockley
- Hemphill
- Bailey
- Hall
- Gray
- Floyd
- Armstrong
- Dimmit
- Dewitt
- Deaf Smith
- Crane
- Childress
- Burnet
- Yoakum
- Wise
- Upton
- Throckmorton
- Stonewall
- Sherman
- Scurry
- San Saba
- San Patricio
- Refugio
- Real
- Presidio
- Parmer
- Palo Pinto
- Oldham
- McMullen
- Mason
- Llano
- Live Oak
- Lipscomb
- Kleberg
- King
- Kimble
- Kenedy
- Karnes
- Jones
- Jim Wells
- Irion
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