Erpeton tentaculatum

Erpeton tentaculatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

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 Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Erpeton
Species: Erpeton tentaculatum

Name

• Erpeton tentaculatum Lacépède, 1800: 169

Holotype: MNHN 22.

Type locality: unknown

References

Primary references

• Lacépède, B.G.H. 1800. Sur un nouveau genre de serpent. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique 2(46): 169. BHL

Additional references

• Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Erpeton tentaculatum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 November 2018.
• Murphy, J., Brooks, S.E. & Bain, R.H. 2010. IUCN: Erpeton tentaculatum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176697A7285596. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176697A7285596.en

Vernacular names

English: Tentacle Water Snake
Bahasa Indonesia: Ular tentakel
日本語: ヒゲミズヘビ
ไทย: งูกระด้าง

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