Black-headed Snake
Tantilla melanocephala
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusTantilla (Centipede Snakes)
- SpeciesTantilla melanocephala (Black-headed Snake)
Closest Relatives at Los Nevados National Natural Park
Lehmann's Ground Snake
Atractus lehmanni
Equatorial Mussurana
Clelia equatoriana
South American Milksnake
Lampropeltis micropholis
Atractus titanicus
Atractus titanicus
Three-striped Smooth Ground Snake
Saphenophis tristriatus
Fire-bellied Snake
Erythrolamprus epinephalus
Tropical Snail-eater
Dipsas sanctijoannis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-headed Snake at Los Nevados National Natural 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 |