Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Report
Go to Print Version

Melanophidium  Günther, 1864
Taxonomic Serial No.: 634400

(Download Help) Melanophidium TSN 634400

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2018   
       

 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, amphisbčnes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyUropeltidae Müller, 1832 – Pipe Snakes, Shield-tailed Snakes  
                                     GenusMelanophidium Günther, 1864  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Melanophidium bilineatum Beddome, 1870 – Two-lined Black Earth Snake 
                                        Species Melanophidium khairei Gower, Giri, Captain and Wilkinson, 2016  
                                        Species Melanophidium punctatum Beddome, 1871 – Beddome's Black Earth Snake 
                                        Species Melanophidium wynaudense (Beddome, 1863) – Indian Black Earth Snake, Wayanad Shieldtail 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Melanophidium    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (2018), website (version 01-Oct-18), website (version Oct-2018)  
  Acquired: 2018   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Melanophidium   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xi + 511   
  Publisher: The Herpetologists' League   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-893777-01-4, 1-893777-00-6  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melanophidium   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pyron, Robert Alexander, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Ganesh, Amit Sayyed, Vivek Sharma, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoosystema, vol. 38, no. 4   
  Page(s): 453-506   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1280-9551   
  Notes: doi: 10.5252/z2016n4a2   
  Reference for: Melanophidium   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division:    
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment:    
 

 

    

 
 Subordinate Taxa  Rank  Verified Standards Met  Verified Min Standards Met  Unverified Percent Standards Met
 
LOADING...
 

A gray graphic bar
Search on:  Any Name or TSN  Common Name  Scientific Name  TSN
     


Disclaimer: ITIS taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and up-to-date information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in provisions of treaties to which the United States is a party, wildlife statutes, regulations, and any applicable notices that have been published in the Federal Register. For further information on U.S. legal requirements with respect to protected taxa, please contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

A gray bar