Cerberus (snake)
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Cerberus (common name dog-faced water snakes) is a small genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae.
Geographic range and habitat
Member species of the genus Cerberus are common inhabitants of Southeast Asia's mangrove habitat and mudflats.
Etymology
The generic name, Cerberus, refers to the dog-like Greek mythological creature Cerberus.[1]
Species
The following five species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Cerberus australis (Gray, 1842)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cerberus dunsoni Murphy, Voris & Karns, 2012Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cerberus microlepis Boulenger, 1896Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cerberus rynchops (Schneider, 1799)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cerberus schneiderii (Schlegel, 1837)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cerberus.
References
Further reading
- Cuvier [G] (1829). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour server de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Tome II. Les reptiles. Paris: Déterville. xv + 406 pp. (Cerberus, new genus, p. 81). (in French).
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Genus Cerberus, p. 50).
- ↑ Genus Cerberus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.com.