| Tantilla melanocephala | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Tantilla |
| Species: | T. melanocephala
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| Binomial name | |
| Tantilla melanocephala | |
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Tantilla melanocephala, commonly known as the black-headed snake or neotropical black-headed snake, is a species of small colubrid snake endemic to Central America and South America.
- ^ Passos, P.G.H.; Powell, R. (2019). "Tantilla melanocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T203321A2763890. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203321A2763890.en. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ),... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, Printers.) London. xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I.- XXV. (Homalocranium melanocephalum, pp. 215-217.)