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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusRhynchocalamus
Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Black-headed Ground Snake

Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus (Jan, 1862)

Also calledGarabash Rhynakalamus (aze) · Rhynchocalamus Satunina (rus) · Schwarzkopf-Zwergnatter (deu) · Schwarzkopfnatter (deu) · Toprak Yılanı (tur) · Tschernogolovy Rhynchocalamus (rus) · feketefejű kígyó (hun) · mravencojedka černohlavá (ces) · Черноголовый ринхокалямус (rus) · Սատունինի կնճիթաձողիկ (hye) · Սատունինի ռինխոկալամուս (hye) · Սատունինի սևագլուխ ռինխոկալամուս (hye) · שחור-ראש מצוי (heb) · ثعبان أسود الرأس (ara)

First described in: Jan, G. Enumerazione sistematico delle specie d’ofidi del gruppo Calamaridae.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2456620.