Cerberus schneiderii (Schlegel, 1837), Photo
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Cerberus schneiderii (Schlegel, 1837) |
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Cerberus schneiderii (Schlegel, 1837) View in CoL Photo figure 13
Dog-faced Water Snake
Homalopsis schneiderii Schlegel, 1837b:341 .
Cerberus unicolor Gray, 1849:65 (type locality: Philippines).
Hurria rhynchops, Taylor, 1922a:111 ; 1923:546.
Cerberus rhynchops, Ross and Gonzales, 1992:65 .— Gaulke and Altenbach, 1994:63.— Brown, Ferner, Sison, Gonzales, and Kennedy, 1996:12.— Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy, 2001:52[19].— Bucol, Alcala, Averia, Alcala, and Alcala, 2011:112.— Gaulke, 2011:256–257, figs. 169–171.— Devan-Song and Brown, 2012:12.
Cerberus schneiderii, Murphy, Voris, and Karns, 2012:17 , figs. 8–9.— Brown, Siler, Oliveros, Welton, Rock, Swab, Van Weerd, van Beijnen, Jose, Rodriguez, Jose, and Diesmos, 2013:90, fig. 96.— Murphy and Voris, 2014:13, fig. 15.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:153.— Sanguila, Cobb, Siler, Diesmos Alcala, and Brown, 2016:14.— Supsup, Puna, Asis, Redoblado, Panaguinit, Guinto, Rico, Diesmos, Brown, and Mallari, 2016:170, fig. 33.
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Timor , Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 1173 About RMNH (designated by Murphy et al. [2012:18] [q.v.]).
PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION ( Map 9B [p. 120]).— “Documented on most major islands of the Philippines...” ( Brown et al. [2013:90]). Bantayan, Bohol, Catanduanes, Cebu, Cuyo, Dinagat, Luzon (Prov.: Cavite, Laguna, Manila, Rizal, Zambales), Masbate, Negros (Prov.: Negros Oriental), Palawan, Romblon, Panay (Prov.: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo), Polillo, Siquijor, Sulu Archipelago (Jolo).
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Coasts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand. (See Murphy, Voris, and Karns [2012:17], Murphy and Voris [2014:13], and Wallach et al. [2014:153], for details.)
REMARKS.— See Murphy, Voris, and Karns (2012:17) for an extensive synonymy and discussion relating to the adoption of this new combination for what was formerly known in the Philippines as Cerberus rhynchops (see also pp. 14–17 for a discussion relating to the restriction of Cerberus rhynchops to the South Asian population [i.e., India, Thailand, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]).
CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Not distinguished from C. rhynchops , which is listed as of Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.
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Cerberus schneiderii (Schlegel, 1837)
Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M. 2018 |
Hurria rhynchops
TAYLOR, EDWARD 1923: 546 |
TAYLOR, EDWARD 1922: 111 |
Cerberus unicolor
GRAY, JOHN 1849: 65 |
Homalopsis schneiderii
SCHLEGEL, HERMANN 1837: 341 |