Telescopus nigriceps

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ahmad Mohammed Mousa Disi, Souad Hraoui-Bloquet, Riyad Sadek, Yehudah Werner. |year=2009 |title=Telescopus nigriceps |volume=2009 |page=e.T164604A5911611 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164604A5911611.en |access-date=30 July 2023}}

| genus = Telescopus

| species = nigriceps

| authority = (Ahl, 1924)

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Telescopus nigriceps, the black-headed snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.{{cite web |title=Telescopus nigriceps|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Telescopus&species=nigriceps|website=The Reptile Database |access-date=10 December 2021}}

The snake is found in Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran.