Rhinophis sanguineus

Rhinophis sanguineus

Taxonavigation

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

Rhinophis sanguineus Beddome, 1863: 47

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.54 (formerly 1864.3.9.2), ♂, collected by R.H. Beddome. [designated by Pyron et al. (2016: 485)]
Type locality: “Cherambady, in the Wynand”, Kerala, India.
Paralectotypes: Unknown, possibly lost.

Rhinophis microlepis Beddome, 1863: 48 [synonymised by Beddome (1886: 8)]
- Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.76 (formerly 74.4.29.110), collected by R.H. Beddome.
- Type locality: “Mr Minchin's Estate in the Wynand”, Kerala, India.

Beddome, R.H. 1863. Further Notes upon the Snakes of the Madras Presidency; with Descriptions of new Species. Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science 6: 41–48. Reference page.
Beddome, R.H. 1886. An account of the earth-snakes of the peninsula of India and Ceylon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 5 17(97): 3–33. BHL Reference page.
Pyron, R.A., Ganesh, S.R., Sayyed, A., Sharma, V., Wallach, V. & Somaweera, R. 2016. A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Zoosystema 38(4): 453–506. DOI: 10.5252/z2016n4a2 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Rhinophis sanguineus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2020.
Srinivasulu, B., Srinivasulu, C., Vijayakumar, S.P. & Ganesan, S.R. 2013. IUCN: Rhinophis sanguineus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172613A1352267. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172613A1352267.en. Accessed on 10 November 2022.

English: Salty Earth Snake

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