NPSpecies

Data Source: Persons and Nowak 2005

Data Source: Persons and Nowak 2005

Data Source: Persons and Nowak 2005

Tantilla hobartsmithi (Southwestern Black-headed Snake) is a rare species of the pinyon-juniper and ponderosa pine habitats. Specimens have been collected near the North Rim around Tapeats Creek. Park Species Detail: Miller et al., 1982 gives Tantilla planiceps utahensis as synonym. Now recognized as T. hobartsmithi in GRCA, Park Species Data Source: Persons and Nowak 2005 Checklist of the Wildlife of the Grand Canyon: Birds, Mammals, Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles. Grand Canyon, AZ: Grand Canyon Association, 2003. Print. Miller, Donald M., Robert Young, and Thomas Gatlin. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Grand Canyon National Park. Grand Canyon, AZ: Grand Canyon Natural History Association, 1982. Print.