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title: "Black-headed Snake"
description: "Tantilla melanocephala — Reptielen. Tantilla melanocephala, commonly known as the black-headed snake, the neotropical black-headed snake, and la culebra de cabeza negra in Spanish, is a small species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-headed-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-headed Snake

> Tantilla melanocephala — Reptielen. Tantilla melanocephala,  commonly known as the black-headed snake, the neotropical black-headed snake, and la culebra de cabeza negra in Spanish, is a small species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Tantilla melanocephala*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 980
- Wikidata: [Q3021773](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3021773)
- iNaturalist taxon: [28498](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28498)

## Names

- en: Black-headed Snake
- de: Dunkelköpfige Schwarzkopfschlange
- es: Culebra de cabeza negra
- fr: Couleuvre à tête noire

## Countries with the most observations

CO (395), BR (237), EC (80), TT (45), PE (29), GF (22), VE (14), PA (11), SR (7), BO (6), AR (4), GY (4)

## Summary

Tantilla melanocephala,  commonly known as the black-headed snake, the neotropical black-headed snake, and la culebra de cabeza negra in Spanish, is a small species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America and South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantilla_melanocephala

## Photo

![Black-headed Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-headed-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Soetjipto Verkuijl · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264923889

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-headed-snake?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).