tecta Campbell & E.N. Smith, 1997 – Guatemala Tantilla tjiasmantoi (Koch & Venegas, 2016) – Tjiasmanto's centipede snake – Peru Tantilla trilineata (W. Peters, 1880) – Brazilian three-lined centipede snake – Brazil Tantilla triseriata H.M. Smith & P.W. Smith, 1951 – Mexican three-lined centipede snake – Mexico Tantilla tritaeniata H.M. Smith & Williams, 1966 – three-banded centipede snake – Honduras Tantilla vermiformis (Hallowell, 1861) – Hallowell's centipede snake – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvator Tantilla vulcani Campbell, 1998 – Guatemala Tantilla wilcoxi Stejneger, 1902 – Chihuahuan blackhead snake – USA (Arizona), northern Mexico Tantilla yaquia H.M. Smith, 1942 – Yaqui blackhead snake – USA (Arizona, New Mexico), Mexico Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tantilla. References Further reading Baird SF, Girard CF (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 172 pp. (Tantilla, new genus, p. 104). Stebbins RC (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin. xiii + 533 pp. (paperback). (Genus Tantilla, pp. 397–399). Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Comstock. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes) (Genus Tantilla, p. 722; key species and subspecies of Tantilla, pp. 723–725). External links Illinois Natural History Amphibian and Reptile Collection Colubrids Snake genera Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird