Tantilla bairdi

Tantilla bairdi
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Tantilla
Species:	T. bairdi
Binomial name
	Tantilla bairdi; Stuart, 1941

Last updated June 11, 2025

Tantilla bairdi, also known commonly as Baird's black-headed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Guatemala ^[2]

Description

Dorsally, Tantilla bairdi is brown, including the head, with a narrow yellow nuchal collar. Ventrally, it is red. The dorsal scales are arranged in 15 rows throughout the length of the body. It has about 163 ventral scales, and about 34 subcaudal scales.^[2]

Geographic range

Tantilla bairdi is found in central Guatemala, in Alta Verapaz Department.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Tantilla bairdi is forest, at altitudes of approximately 1,500 m (4,900 ft).^[1]

Behavior

Tantilla bairdi is terrestrial.^[1]

Reproduction

Tantilla bairdi is oviparous.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, bairdi, is in honor of American civil engineer James Baird in recognition of his financial support of Stuart's research in Guatemala.^[3]^: 14

References

1 2 3 Johnson, J.; Acevedo, M.; Ariano-Sánchez, D. (2013). "Tantilla bairdi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T177581A1493827. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T177581A1493827.en . Retrieved 14 July 2023.
1 2 3 4 Species Tantilla bairdi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

Köhler, G. (2008). Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition. (With a foreword by Larry David Wilson). Offenbach am Main, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. ISBN 978-3936180282. 400 pp.
Stuart, L.C. (1941). "Some New Snakes from Guatemala". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (452): 1–7. (Tantilla bairdi, new species, pp. 1-3).
Wilson, L.D. (1985). "Tantilla bairdi Stuart". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 380: 1.
Wilson, L.D.; Mata-Silva, V. (2015). "A checklist and key to the snakes of the Tantilla clade (Squamata: Colubridae), with comments on distribution and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology. 2 (4): 418–498.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 Johnson, J.; Acevedo, M.; Ariano-Sánchez, D. (2013). "Tantilla bairdi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T177581A1493827. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T177581A1493827.en . Retrieved 14 July 2023.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Species Tantilla bairdi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[3] Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

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