Apostolepis cearensis

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Silveira, A.L. |author2=Prudente, A.L. da C. |author3=Argôlo , A.J.S. |author4=Abrahão, C.R. |author5=Nogueira, C. de C. |author6=Barbo, F.E. |author7=Costa, G.C. |author8=Pontes, G.M.F. |author9=Colli, G.R. |author10=Zaher, H. el D. |author11=Borges-Martins, M. |author12=Martins, M.R.C. |author13=Oliveira , M.E. |author14=Passos, P.G.H. |author15=Bérnils, R.S. |author16=Sawaya, R.J. |author17=Cechin, C.T.Z. |author18=da Costa, T.B.G. |year=2020 |title=Apostolepis cearensis |page=e.T15155792A123740095 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T15155792A123740095.en}}

| genus = Apostolepis

| species = cearensis

| authority = Gomes, 1915

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Apostolepis cearensis, the Caatinga blackhead or Gomes's burrowing snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to Brazil.{{NRDB species|genus=Apostolepis|species=cearensis|accessdate=25 February 2016}}