Taxonomy Profile: Cerberus rynchops (Schneider 1799)

Cerberus rynchops: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Cerberus rynchops rynchops
Schneider 1799
Hydrus rynchops
Schneider 1799
Enhydris rynchops
Schneider 1799
Python rynchops
Schneider 1799
Homalopsis rynchops
Schneider 1799
Hydrus cinereus
Shaw 1802
Coluber cerberus
Daudin 1803
Homalopsis cerberus
Daudin 1803
Cerberus cerberus
Daudin 1803
Cerberus cinereus
Shaw 1802
Common Name(s):
Dog-faced Water Snake []
South Asian Bockadam []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cerberus rynchops: 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 |
Species : Cerberus rynchops
Dog-faced Water Snake |
South Asian Bockadam |
Cerberus rynchops Direct Children(s):
Cerberus rynchops: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Cerberus rynchops
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Cerberus rynchops
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 rynchops
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 rynchops
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 rynchops
Cerberus rynchops: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Cerberus rynchops: Comments