Cathetorhinus melanocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Cathetorhinus
Species: Cathetorhinus melanocephalus

Name

• Cathetorhinus melanocephalus Duméril & Bibron, 1844: 270

Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.138, adult indet., collected by F. Péron and C.A. Lesueur (N.T. Baudin Géographe Voyage) between 1800–1804.

Type locality: unknown. Landfalls during the Péron and Lesueur voyage include Mauritius, Australia and Timor fide Wallach & Pauwels (2008: 121).

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1844. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Sixième (In French). Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. XII + 610 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wallach, V. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2008. The systematic status of Cathetorhinus melanocephalus Dumeril & Bibron, 1844 (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Hamadryad 33: 39–47.
• Cheke, A. 2010. Is the enigmatic blind-snake Cathetorhinus melanocephalus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) an extinct endemic species from Mauritius?. Hamadryad 35(1): 101–104.

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cathetorhinus melanocephalus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 December 2017.