Sibynophis melanocephalus, commonly known as the black-headed collared snake or Malayan many-toothed snake, is a nonvenomous species of colubrid snake found in Thailand,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Sibynophis
Species
Sibynophis melanocephalus
Common names
German: Schwarzkopf-Vielzahnnatter
English:
Black-headed collared snake
Malayan many-tooth snake
Malayan blackhead
White-lipped black-headed snake
Thai: งูคอขวั้นหัวดำ, ngu khor khuan hua damm
Subspecies
Sibynophis melanocephalus insularis, Robert Mertens, 1927
Sibynophis melanocephalus melanocephalus, John Edward Gray in George Robert Gray & Thomas Hardwicke, 1835
Synonyms
Sibynophis melanochepalus (in error), NURDIN & SETYAWATININGSIH (2023)
Sibynophis melanocephalus, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Sibynophis cf. melanocephalus, Johan van Rooijen & Rooijen (2006)
Sibynophis melanocephalus melanocephalus, Rudolf Malkmus et al. (2002)
Sibynophis melanocephalus, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Sibynophis melanocephalus, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
