Melanophidium punctatum

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Melanophidium punctatum Beddome, 1871: 401

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.4.37 (former 72.1.2.6), adult ♂, collected by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1882. [designated by Gower et al. (2016: 490)]
Type locality: “Travancore... in the Muti-kuli vayal, a little valley on the Asamboo range (4,500 feet elevation)” and “Peermede”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Agasthyamalai hills ("Mutikuli Vayal" valley at "4,500 feet")” by Gower et al. (2016: 490).
Paralectotypes: (n=3): BMNH 1946.1.15.48–49 (former 74.4.29.121–22), collected at “Peermede” by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1882 and MNHN-RA-1895.110.

Beddome, R.H. 1871. Descriptions of new Reptiles from the Madras Presidency. The Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science 4: 401–404. 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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Melanophidium punctatum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2020.
Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Ganesan, S.R., Kulkarni, N.U., Sreekar, R. & Prabhu, M. 2013. IUCN: Melanophidium punctatum (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172617A1352932. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172617A1352932.en. Accessed on 18 November 2022.

English: Beddome's Black Earth Snake