Smith's Black-headed Snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi)

Created: February 11th, 2019 - 05:38 PM
Last Modified: May 10th, 2020 - 12:37 PM Entered by: Patrick Walker
Record 314828

Country: United States		State: California	County: Kern County	Time: 2019-01-29 09:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: Riparian
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 55.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Identified by Robert Hansen as hobartsmithi. Discovery is credited to Alex Brown. No other pictures of the snake are available.

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Comments

Posted by Patrick Walker on Mar 11, 2019 at 03:41 PM

Sorry, the person that found this doesn't have anymore pictures of it.

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Feb 12, 2019 at 10:47 AM

It would be great to see those pictures. You can email them to me if you want?

Posted by Patrick Walker on Feb 11, 2019 at 11:21 PM

The head was checked for the loreal scale but I'll see if I have those pics. I was surprised based on the current range on calherps.

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Feb 11, 2019 at 11:16 PM

I am also not sure if they have been found in Kern County before so it maybe a county record if it is a planiceps. Do you happen to have other pictures of higher resolution?

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Feb 11, 2019 at 11:14 PM

Great entry. It is interesting because it doesn't appear to have a ring.