Melanophidium bilineatum

Melanophidium bilineatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea

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: Henophidia Superfamilia: Uropeltoidea

Familia: Uropeltidae
Genus: Melanophidium
Species: Melanophidium bilineatum

Name

Melanophidium bilineatum Beddome, 1870: 170

• Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.15.75 (72.1.2.5), adult ♂, collected by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1882. [designated by Gower et al. (2016: 490)]
• Type locality: “near the summit of the Peria peak in the Wynaad, elevation 5,000 feet, and also at a similar elevation on the Tirrhioot peak”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Peria peak, Wynad” by Gower et al. (2016: 490).
• Paralectotype: MNHN-RA-1895.111.

References

Primary references

• Beddome, R.H. 1870. Descriptions of new Reptiles from the Madras Presidency. The Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science 2: 169–176. 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Melanophidium bilineatum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2020.
• Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Vijayakumar, S.P., Ganesan, S.R. & Ramesh, M. 2013. IUCN: Melanophidium bilineatum  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172612A1352126. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172612A1352126.en. Accessed on 18 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Two-lined Black Earth Snake

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