Taxonomy Profile: Cerberus (Cuvier 1829)

Cerberus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Dog-faced Water Snakes []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cerberus: 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 : Homalopsidae
Genus : Cerberus
Dog-faced Water Snakes |
Cerberus Direct Children(s):
Cerberus rynchops
(Schneider 1799)
Cerberus microlepis
(Boulenger 1896)
Cerberus dunsoni
(Murphy Voris and Karns 2012)
Cerberus australis
(Gray 1842)
Cerberus schneideri
(Schlegel 1837)
Cerberus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Cerberus
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Cerberus
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:
Cerberus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Cerberus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Murphy, John C., and Harold K. Voris
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2014-09-24 / 2014-09-24
Article/Chapter Title:
A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences, no. 8
Page(s):
1-43
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/2158-5520
Notes:
Reference for:
Cerberus
Cerberus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Cerberus: Comments