Cerberus rynchops

Cerberus rynchops

Cerberus rynchops, Sundarban, India

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

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

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Cerberus
Species: Cerberus rynchops
Subspecies: C. r. novaeguineae – C. r. rynchops

Name

Cerberus rynchops (Schneider, 1799)

Type locality: “Ganjam” (Orissa State, SE India).

Synonyms

• Hydrus rynchops SCHNEIDER 1799: 246
• Python rhynchops — MERREM 1820: 90
• Homalopsis rhynchops — BOIE 1827
• Homalopsis rhinchops (sic) — CANTOR 1847
• Cerberus rhynchops — GÜNTHER 1864: 279
• Hurria rynchops — STEJNEGER 1907: 304
• Hurria rynchops — MERTENS 1930
• Cerberus rynchops — SMITH 1930
• Cerberus rynchops rynchops — LOVERIDGE 1948
• Elaps boaeformis SCHNEIDER 1801: 301
• Cerberus boaeformis — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 978
• Homalopsis boaeformis — JAN 1863
• Hydrus cinereus SHAW 1802
• Cerberus cinereus — CANTOR 1839
• Hurria schneideriana DAUDIN 1803 (nom. subst. pro Elaps boaeformis)
• Coluber schneiderianus — DAUDIN 1803
• Coluber cerberus DAUDIN 1803: 167
• Homalopsis cerberus — FITZINGER 1826
• Cerberus cerberus — CUVIER 1829
• Homalopsis molurus H. BOIE 1826
• „Coluber obtusatus" SCHLEGEL (nomen nudum) 1837
• Homalopsis schneiderii SCHLEGEL 1837 (nom. nov. pro Coluber schneideriana DAUDIN [not Coluber schneiderii, as stated by SCHLEGEL])
• Homalopsis schneideri — SCHLEGEL & MÜLLER
• Cerberus rhynchops — BOULENGER 1894: 84
• Cerberus rhynchops — WALL 1921: 257
• Cerberus rynchops — SMITH 1943
• Cerberus rhynchops — HENDRICKSON 1966
• Cerberus rynchops — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 331
• Cerberus rynchops — COGGER 2000: 619
• Cerberus rynchops — COX et al. 1998: 39
• Cerberus rhynchops — MURTHY 2010

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Hundskopf-Wassertrugnatter
English: New Guinea bockadam or Dog-faced Water Snake
日本語: キールウミワタリ

References

• IUCN: Cerberus rynchops (Schneider, 1799) (Least Concern)
• Cerberus rynchops at the New Reptile Database