Cylindrophis

Cylindrophis ruffus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea

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 Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Cylindrophiidae
Genus: Cylindrophis
Species (15): C. aruensis – C. boulengeri – C. burmanus – C. engkariensis – C. isolepis – C. jodiae – C. lineatus – C. maculatus – C. melanotus – C. opisthorhodus – C. osheai – C. ruffus – C. slowinskii – C. subocularis – C. yamdena

Name

Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828: unpaginated

• Type species: Cylindrophis resplendens Wagler, 1828, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Wagler J.G. 1828. Descriptiones et icones Amphibiorum. Tres partes cum XXXVI tabulis. Cotta, München, Stuttgart, and Tübingen, Germany. 29 p. BHL

Additional references

• Smith, L.A. & Sidik, I. 1998. Description of a new species of Cylindrophis (Serpentes: Cylindrophiidae) from Yamdena Island, Tanimbar Archipelago, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46(2): 419–424. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Campbell, P.D., Hallermann, J., Sidik, I., Supriatna, J. & Ineich, I. 2015. Two new species of the genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae) from Southeast Asia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 9(1) [General Section]: 34–51. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Kieckbusch, M., Mecke, S., Hartmann, L., Ehrmentraut, L., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2016. An inconspicuous, conspicuous new species of Asian pipesnake, genus Cylindrophis (Reptilia: Squamata: Cylindrophiidae), from the south coast of Jawa Tengah, Java, Indonesia, and an overview of the tangled taxonomic history of C. ruffus (Laurenti, 1768). Zootaxa 4093(1): 1–25. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.1.1. Reference page. 
• Kieckbusch, M., Mader, F., Kaiser, H. & Mecke, S. 2018. A new species of Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Reptilia: Squamata: Cylindrophiidae) from Boano Island, northern Maluku Province, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4486(3): 236–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.3.2. Reference page. 
• Bernstein, J.M., Bauer, A.M., McGuire, J.A., Arida, E., Kaiser, H., Kieckbusch, M. & Mecke, S. 2020. Molecular phylogeny of Asian pipesnakes, genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae), with the description of a new species from Myanmar. Zootaxa 4851(3): 535–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cylindrophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 November 2018.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Walzenschlangen
English: Asian Pipesnakes
Nederlands: Pijpslangen
ไทย: งูก้นขบ

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