Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Gerrhopilus
Species: Gerrhopilus ater
Subspecies: Gerrhopilus ater suturalis

Name

Holotype: RMNH .RENA 6297, collected by Karl Benjamin Hermann, Baron von Rosenberg during 1858.
Type locality: Andai, 00°55'00 S, 134°00'32 E, 36 m a.s.l., Bird’s Head Peninsula (Vogelkop), West Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea.
Paratypes: (n = 3) Raja Ampat Archipelago, West Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea.
    • RMNH .RENA 6277, Waigeo Island, 00°22'50S, 130°46'27E, Raja Ampat Archipelago, West Papua Province, collected by K.B.H. Baron von Rosenberg between 12–17 July 1860.
    • RMNH .RENA 6298A–B, Salawati Island, 01°03'45S, 131°00'29E, collected by Heinrich Agathon Bernstein between 19 November 1864 and 1 April 1865.


References

Primary references

  • Brongersma, L.D. 1934. Contribution to Indo-Australian Herpetology. Zoologische Mededelingen. 17(3–4): 161–251. (PDF) Open access Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Bird's Head Black Plaid-headed Blindsnake
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