Rim Rock Crowned Snake (Tantilla oolitica)
Description: The rim rock crowned snake is a relatively small species. The maximum recorded total length (including tail) is 11.5 inches. The top of the head is black. The body is tan to beige dorsally, and white ventrally.
Habitat: The rim rock crowned snake tends to inhabit areas with rocky and sandy soils in pine flatwoods, and tropical hardwood hammocks. The snake can less commonly be found inside crevices of limestone, under foliage, and in suburban areas.
Range: T. oolitica is found in Dade County and Monroe County of Florida and the Florida Keys, including Eastern Rock Rim of Miami.
Found in these States:
FL
Diet: T. oolitica preys upon spiders, centipedes, worms, insects and their larvae, and even scorpions. At least 1 mortality from consuming centipedes has been reported.
Reproduction: T. oolitica is oviparous. Clutch size is small, only one to three eggs.
Status: Listed as Endangered because the extent of occurrence is estimated to be less than 5,000 kmē, the distribution is severely fragmented, and there is likely to be a continuing decline in area of occupancy, area/extent/quality of habitat, number of locations, and number of mature individuals.
»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
»» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
»» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
»» Class: Reptilia - Reptiles
»» Order: Squamata - Scaled Reptiles
»» Suborder: Serpentes
»» Superfamily: Colubroidea
»» Family: Colubridae - Colubrids
»» Genus: Tantilla
»» Species: Tantilla oolitica - Rim Rock Crowned Snake
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