Tantilla ruficeps | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Tantilla |
Species: | T. ruficeps |
Binomial name | |
Tantilla ruficeps (Cope, 1894) | |
Tantilla ruficeps is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. [2]
The snake is found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, . [2]
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