Tantilla hobartsmithi Taylor, 1937

Hernandez, Tomas, Herr, Mark W., Stevens, Skyler, Cork, Karlee, Medina-Nava, Carolina, Vialpando, C. J., Warfel, Timothy, Fields, Noah, Brodie, Ciara & Graham, Sean P., 2019, New distribution records for amphibians and reptiles in eastern Chihuahua, Mexico, Check List (Dallas, Tex.: 1979) 15 (1), pp. 79-86 : 85

Tantilla hobartsmithi Taylor, 1937 ,

Smith’s Black-headed Snake

New records. First record for Manuel Benavides Municipality: found in driveway in town of Manuel Benavides (29.116241° N, 103.925014° W; WGS84), 27 May 2014, Skyler Stevens, C.J. Vialpando, and Tim Warfel (SRSU- D 87).

Additional records for Manuel Benavides Municipal- ity: Rancho de la Madera (29.08036° N, 104.13248° W; WGS84), 19 May 2016, Sean P. Graham, Mark W. Herr, and Tomas Hernandez (SRSU-D 45-47). Two individuals found in the foothills of the Sierra Rica adjacent to Arroyo de Mr. Franco (29.13327° N, 104.14875° W; WGS84), 21 October 2016, Sean Graham, Mark W. Herr, Tomas Hernandez, and Noah Fields. Llano Amapolas overlook, along N–S road between Llano Amapolas and Rancho de Mr. Franco (29.05862° N, 104.14314° W; WGS84), 22 October 2016, Noah Fields, Mark W. Herr, Sean P. Graham, Tomas Hernandez.

Remarks. Four Tantilla hobartsmithi were found during 2016, all of which were located by turning over dead and decaying Agave havardii .