Black-headed Snake
Tantilla melanocephala
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusTantilla (Centipede Snakes)
- SpeciesTantilla melanocephala (Black-headed Snake)
Closest Relatives at Cordillera Azul National Park
Catesby's Snail-eater
Dipsas catesbyi
Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
Werner's False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus leucomelas
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Tschudi's False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus melanogenys
Lichtenstein's Green Racer
Philodryas olfersii
Mountain Sipo
Chironius monticola
Common Mussurana
Clelia clelia
Northern Woodland Racer
Drymoluber dichrous
Boddaert's Tropical Racer
Mastigodryas boddaerti
False Fer-de-lance
Xenodon rabdocephalus
Tropical Flat Snake
Siphlophis compressus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-headed Snake at Cordillera Azul National 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 |