Black-headed Snake
Tantilla melanocephala
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusTantilla (Centipede Snakes)
- SpeciesTantilla melanocephala (Black-headed Snake)
Closest Relatives at Darién National Park
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ornata
Striped Vine Snake
Oxybelis vittatus
Cope's Vine Snake
Oxybelis brevirostris
Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
Werner's Sipo
Chironius flavopictus
False Tree Coral
Rhinobothryum bovallii
Common Mussurana
Clelia clelia
South American Forest Racer
Dendrophidion percarinatum
Rhombic Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira rhombifera
American Snail-eater
Dipsas articulata
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-headed Snake at Darién 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 |