Gerrhopilus hades

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Typhlopoidea

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Gerrhopilidae
Genus: Gerrhopilus
Species: Gerrhopilus hades

Name

• Gerrhopilus hades (Kraus, 2005: 592.)

Holotype: BPBM 20819 (field tag FK 10449), adult ♂, collected by F. Kraus on 14 May 2004.

Type locality: “forest along Rupu River at Bibikea, 11.33537° S, 154.22470° E, 280 m elevation, Rossel Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.”

Paratype: BPBM 20820, adult ♀, Cheme, 11. 323128° S, 154.242858° E, 0–20 m, Rossel Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, obtained from native collector on 17 May 2004.

Combinations

• Typhlops hades Kraus, 2005: 592 [original combination]
• Gerrhopilus hades — Vidal et al., 2010: 560 [name combination, by indication]

References

Primary references

• Kraus, F. 2005. New species of blindsnake from Rossel Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 39(4): 591–595. DOI: 10.1670/86-05A.1
• Vidal, N., Marin, J., Morini, M., Donnellan, S., Branch, W.R., Thomas, R., Vences, M., Wynn, A., Cruadd, C. & Hedges, S.B. 2010. Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana. Biology Letters 6(4): 558–561. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0220 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gerrhopilus hades. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 December 2017.