Black-headed collared snake
Sibynophis melanocephalus, John Edward Gray, 1835
(In Thai: งูคอขวั้นหัวดำ, ngu khor khuan hua damm)
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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 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)
Photos
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Sibynophis melanocephalus
Range Map
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
- Hat Yai District, Songkhla
- Khao Luang National Park
- Khao Sok National Park
- Khok Pho District, Pattani
- Rattaphum District, Songkhla
- Sadao District, Songkhla
- Si Banphot District, Phatthalung
- Sirindhorn Peat Swamp Forest
- Su-ngai Padi District, Narathiwat
- Tak Bai District, Narathiwat
- Takua Pa District, Phang Nga
- Thepha District, Songkhla
- Yong Waterfall National Park
Range map of Sibynophis melanocephalus in Thailand
