Black-headed Snake
Tantilla melanocephala
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusTantilla (Centipede Snakes)
- SpeciesTantilla melanocephala (Black-headed Snake)
Closest Relatives at Brownsberg Nature Park
Panama Spotted Night Snake
Siphlophis cervinus
Boie's Ground Snake
Atractus badius
Amazon Puffing Snake
Spilotes sulphureus
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Brown Sipo
Chironius fuscus
South American Sipo
Chironius multiventris
Wucherer's Ground Snake
Xenopholis scalaris
Green Vine Snake
Oxybelis fulgidus
Blind Ground Snake
Erythrolamprus typhlus
Pseustes sexcarinatus
Chironius quadricarinatus
Boddaert's Tropical Racer
Mastigodryas boddaerti
Amazon Basin Tree Snake
Imantodes lentiferus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-headed Snake at Brownsberg Nature Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 3 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |