Cathetorhinus melanocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Cathetorhinus
Duméril & Bibron, 1844
Species:
C. melanocephalus
Binomial name
Cathetorhinus melanocephalus
Synonyms
  • Typhlops melanocephalus
  • Ramphotyphlops melanocephalus

Cathetorhinus melanocephalus is a species of snake in the Gerrhopilidae family.[1][2][3] It may belong to the genus Rhinotyphlops, but a formal reassignment has yet to be published.

References

  1. "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
  2. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  3. Cathetorhinus melanocephalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.
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