| Taxonomic Hierarchy 
        
          |  |  |  |  |  |  | Kingdom | Animalia 
 – Animal, animaux, animals |  |  |  | Subkingdom | Bilateria 
 – triploblasts |  |  |  | Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |  |  |  | Phylum | Chordata 
 – cordés, cordado, chordates |  |  |  | Subphylum | Vertebrata 
 – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates |  |  |  | Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |  |  |  | Superclass | Tetrapoda |  |  |  | Class | Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles |  |  |  | Order | Squamata Oppel, 1811
 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents |  |  |  | Suborder | Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758
 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents |  |  |  | Infraorder | Alethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923 |  |  |  | Family | Colubridae Oppel, 1811
 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes |  |  |  | Subfamily | Colubrinae Oppel, 1811 |  |  |  | Genus | Tantilla Baird and Girard, 1853
 – Black-headed Snakes, Crowned Snakes, Flat-headed Snakes |  |  |  | Species | Tantilla reticulata Cope, 1860 – Litter Snake, Reticulate Centipede Snake |  |  
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