Cerberus australis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Cerberus
Species: Cerberus australis

Name

• Cerberus australis (Gray, 1842)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.40, collected by J. Gilbert between 1840–1842.

Type locality: “North Coast of New Holland; Port Essington”.

Combinations

• Homalopsis australis Gray, 1842: 65 [original combination]
• Cerberus australis — Gray, 1849: 65 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1842. Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family of Hydridae. Zoological Miscellany 2: 59–68.

Additional references

• Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cerberus australis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 November 2018.
• Fenner, A., Woinarski, J., Greenlees, M., Gillespie, G., McDonald, P. & Murphy, J. 2018. IUCN: Cerberus australis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176703A83452332. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T176703A83452332.en

Vernacular names

English: Australian Bockadam