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Yaqui Black-headed Snake vs. Southwestern Blackhead Snake

Both live under rocks on the slopes of the southeastern sky islands. A: The cap runs 2 to 4 small scales past the head plates, then a thin white collar in the Yaqui Black-headed Snake; the cap stops at or just behind the big head plates, with no clear pale collar in the Southwestern Blackhead Snake.

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Yaqui Black-headed Snake

Tantilla yaquia

Southwestern Blackhead Snake

Tantilla hobartsmithi
Yaqui Black-headed Snake vs. Southwestern Blackhead Snake: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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