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Cerberus schneideri  (Schlegel, 1837)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1008544

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cerberus schneiderii (Schlegel, 1837)
  
    Homalopsis schneideri Schlegel, 1837
  
    Homalopsis schneiderii Schlegel, 1837
  
    Cerberus acutus Gray, 1849
  
    Cerberus unicolor Gray, 1849
  
  Common Name(s): Southeast 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 schneideri (Schlegel, 1837) – Southeast Asian Bockadam  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Cerberus schneideri    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database, website (version 09Jan2014)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Cerberus schneideri   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: Southeast Asian Bockadam[English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Regarding epithet spelling (-i vs. -ii), see the comments under Homalopsis schneideri & H. schneiderii  
 

 

    

 
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