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Cerberus rynchops  (Schneider, 1799)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174208

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cerberus rynchops rynchops (Schneider, 1799)
  
    Hydrus rynchops Schneider, 1799
  
    Enhydris rynchops (Schneider, 1799)
  
    Python rynchops (Schneider, 1799)
  
    Homalopsis rynchops (Schneider, 1799)
  
    Hydrus cinereus Shaw, 1802
  
    Coluber cerberus Daudin, 1803
  
    Homalopsis cerberus (Daudin, 1803)
  
    Cerberus cerberus (Daudin, 1803)
  
    Cerberus cinereus (Shaw, 1802)
  
  Common Name(s): Dog-faced Water Snake [English]
  
    South Asian Bockadam [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyHomalopsidae Bonaparte, 1845  
                                     GenusCerberus Cuvier, 1829 – Dog-faced Water Snakes  
                                        SpeciesCerberus rynchops (Schneider, 1799) – Dog-faced Water Snake, South Asian Bockadam  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Cerberus rynchops    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cerberus rynchops   
       
  Source: Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"   
  Reference for: Cerberus rynchops   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cerberus rynchops   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Murphy, John C., and Harold K. Voris  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences, no. 8   
  Page(s): 1-43   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 2158-5520   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cerberus rynchops, South Asian Bockadam [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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