Taxonomy Profile: Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus 1758)

Tantilla melanocephala: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Tantilla melanocephala melanocephala
Linnaeus 1758
Tantilla fraseri
Günther 1895
Tantilla longifrontalis
Boulenger 1896
Tantilla marcovani
de Lema 2004
Coluber melanocephalus
Linnaeus 1758
Common Name(s):
Black-headed Snake []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Tantilla melanocephala: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Serpentes
Snakes |
cobra |
serpente |
serpents |
Infraorder : Alethinophidia
Family : Colubridae
Colubrids |
Typical Snakes |
Subfamily : Colubrinae
Genus : Tantilla
Black-headed Snakes |
Crowned Snakes |
Flat-headed Snakes |
Species : Tantilla melanocephala
Black-headed Snake |
Tantilla melanocephala Direct Children(s):
Tantilla melanocephala: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Peter Uetz
Notes:
Associate Professor, CSBC
Reference for:
Tantilla melanocephala
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Tantilla melanocephala
Source:
Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined
Acquired:
2004-08-17
Notes:
Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"
Reference for:
Tantilla melanocephala
Source:
Reptile Database (2017)
Acquired:
2017-07-13
Notes:
Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
Reference for:
Tantilla melanocephala
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Peters, J. A., and B. Orejas-Miranda
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1986-01-01 / 1986-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Snakes - Part 1. Revised edition with new material by P. E. Vanzolini
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata
Page(s):
1-347
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-87474-757-0/
Notes:
Reference for:
Tantilla melanocephala
Tantilla melanocephala: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Caribbean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Tantilla melanocephala: Comments
Comment:
On the islands of Trinidad and Tobago