Melanophidium
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Uropeltidae
Genus: Melanophidium
Species (4):
M. bilineatum –
M. khairei –
M. punctatum –
M. wynaudense
Name
[edit]Melanophidium Günther, 1864: 193
- Type species: Plectrurus wynaudensis Beddome, 1863, by monotypy.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.
- Pyron, R.A., Ganesh, S.R., Sayyed, A., Sharma, V., Wallach, V. & Somaweera, R. 2016. A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Zoosystema 38(4): 453–506. DOI: 10.5252/z2016n4a2 Reference page.
- Gower, D.J., Giri, V., Captain, A. & Wilkinson, M. 2016. A reassessment of Melanophidium Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Western Ghats of peninsular India, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4085(4): 481–503. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.4.2 Reference page.