| Black-headed python | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pythonidae |
| Genus: | Aspidites |
| Species: | A. melanocephalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspidites melanocephalus (Krefft, 1864)
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| Distribution of the black-headed python | |
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The black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus)[3] is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae (the python family). The species is endemic to Australia. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.
- ^ Shea G, Ellis R, Wilson S (2017). "Aspidites melanocephalus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T13300710A13300718. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T13300710A13300718.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.