Cathetorhinus melanocephalus

Cathetorhinus melanocephalus
Scientific 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; Duméril & Bibron, 1844
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

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

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[ITIS-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

[RDB-3] Cathetorhinus melanocephalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.

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