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Brachyorrhos  Kuhl in Schlegel, 1826
Taxonomic Serial No.: 700263

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2016   
       

 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  
                                     GenusBrachyorrhos Kuhl in Schlegel, 1826  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Brachyorrhos albus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Seram Short-tailed Snake 
                                        Species Brachyorrhos gastrotaenius (Bleeker, 1860) – Buru Short-tailed Snake 
                                        Species Brachyorrhos raffrayi (Sauvage, 1879) – Ternate Short-tailed Snake 
                                        Species Brachyorrhos wallacei Murphy, Mumpuni, de Lang, Gower and Sanders, 2012 – Halmahera Short-tailed Snake 
       

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  Source: Reptile Database, website (version 09Jan2014)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Brachyorrhos   
       
  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: Brachyorrhos   
       
  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   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2158-5520   
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