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Melanophidium (Black earth snakes)
Taxonomy
Melanophidium was named by Gunther (1864). It is extant.
It was assigned to Uropeltidae by Frank and Ramus (1996).
It was assigned to Uropeltidae by Frank and Ramus (1996).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1864 | Melanophidium Gunther |
| 1996 | Melanophidium Frank and Ramus |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Melanophidium Gunther 1864 [Black earth snakes]
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Melanophidium punctatum Beddome 1871 [Beddome's black earth snake]
Melanophidium wynaudense Beddome 1863 [Indian black earth snake]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available