Dieurostus dussumieri

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

Lectotype: MNHN 3751, ♀ with skull removed. [designated by Gyi (1970: 121)]

Type locality: “Bengal” (in error), corrected to “Malabar Coast” by Murphy (2007: 109).

Eurostus dussumierii Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 953 [original combination]
Hypsirhina dussumierii — Jan, 1863: 78 [subsequent combination]
Enhydris dussumierii — Smith, 1943: 389 [subsequent combination]
Dieurostus dussumierii — Kumar, Sanders, George & Murphy, 2012: 483 [subsequent combination]

Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 2). Roret: Paris. xii + 781–1536 pp. BHL
Biju Kumar, A., Sanders, K.L., George, S. & Murphy, J.C. 2012. The status of Eurostus dussumierii and Hypsirhina chinensis (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): with comments on the origin of salt tolerance in homalopsid snakes. Systematics and Biodiversity 10(4): 479–489. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2012.751940 Reference page.

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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Dieurostus dussumieri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 November 2018.
Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Enhydris dussumieri (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176702A7286465. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176702A7286465.en

English: Kerala Mud Snake