Black-headed collared snake

Sibynophis melanocephalus

(John Edward Gray, 1835)

In Thai: งูคอขวั้นหัวดำ, ngu khor khuan hua damm

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)
Sibynophis melanocephalus insularis, Maren Gaulke (1993)
Sibynophis melanocephalus, Michael Wilmer Forbes Tweedie (1953)
Sibynophis geminatus melanocephalus, René Léon Bourret (1936)
Sibynophis melanocephalus insularis, Robert Mertens (1927)
Sibynophis geminatus insularis, Robert Mertens (1927)
Polyodontophis geminatus (partim), George Albert Boulenger (1890)
Polyondontophis melanocephalus, George Albert Boulenger (1890)
Ablabes flaviceps, Ferdinand Stoliczka (1873)
Ablabes melanocephalus, Ferdinand Stoliczka (1870)
Ablabes (Enicognathus) flaviceps, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1866)
Enicognathus geminatus, Evardus Winandus Adrianus Ludeking (1860)
Enicognathus javanicus, Pieter Bleeker (1859)
Ablabes melanocephalus, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1858)
Enicognathus geminatus (partim), André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron & Auguste Duméril (1854)
Sibynophis melanocephalus melanocephalus, John Edward Gray (1835)
Lycodon catenatus, John Edward Gray in George Robert Gray & Thomas Hardwicke (1835)
Lycodon melanocephalus, John Edward Gray in George Robert Gray & Thomas Hardwicke (1835)
Sibynophis geminatus nec Coluber geminatus, Heinrich Boie (1826)
Polyodontophis geminatus nec Coluber geminatus, Heinrich Boie (1826)

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Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Photos

Distribution map of Black-headed collared snake, Sibynophis melanocephalus in Thailand — Range map of Sibynophis melanocephalus in Thailand

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