Tantilla melanocephala

Tantilla melanocephala
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Tantilla
Species:	T. melanocephala
Binomial name
	Tantilla melanocephala; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Coluber melanocephalus Linnaeus, 1758; Elaps melanocephalus ; — Wagler, 1824; Duberria melanocephala ; — Fitzinger, 1826; Calamaria melanocephala ; — Schlegel, 1837; Homalocranium melanocephalum ; — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1854; Tantilla melanocephala ; — Cope, 1861;

Tantilla melanocephala, commonly known as the black-headed snake or neotropical black-headed snake, is a species of small colubrid snake endemic to Central America and South America.

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