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Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Squamata
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family
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Colubridae
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genus
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Tantilla
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species
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Tantilla melanocephala
Name
- Synonyms
- Coluber melanocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
- Elapomorphus mexicanus Günther, 1862
- Elapomorphus nuchalis Barbour, 1914
- Elaps melanocephalus Wagler, 1824
- Homalocranium armillatum
- Homalocranium hoffmanni Werner, 1909
- Homalocranium longifrontale Boulenger, 1896
- Homalocranium melanocephalum var. fraseri Günther, 1895
- Homalocranium melanocephalum var. fuscum Bocourt, 1883
- Homalocranium melanocephalum var. melanocephalum
- Homalocranium melanocephalum var. pernambucense Günther, 1895
- Tantilla fraseri (Günther, 1895)
- Tantilla longifrontalis (Boulenger, 1896)
- Tantilla marcovani De Lema, 2004
- Tantilla melanocephala melanocephala
- Tantilla pallida Cope, 1887
- Homonyms
- Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- Black-headed Snake in English
- Cinco-Minutos in Portuguese
- Cobra-Rainha in Portuguese
- Cobra-da-Terra in Portuguese
- Cobra-do-Folhiço in Portuguese
- Coral-Falsa in Portuguese
- Culebra de cabeza negra in Spanish
- Dunkelköpfige Schwarzkopfschlange in German
- Equator Centipede Snake) in language.
- Falsa-Cabeça-Preta in Portuguese
- Falsa-Coral in Portuguese
- Onze-Horas in Portuguese
- Tantila in Portuguese
- black-headed snake in language.
- Black-headed Snake in English
Bibliographic References
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Meneses-Pelayo, E. (2018). Guía de campo para los reptiles y anfibios de Santander, Colombia. Disponible en http://www.santanderherps.com
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Peters, J. A., and B. Orejas-Miranda, 1986: Snakes - Part 1. Revised edition with new material by P. E. Vanzolini. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. 1-347.