WoRMS taxon details

Cerberus rynchops (Schneider, 1799)

344028  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344028)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hydrus rynchops Schneider, 1799) Schneider, J. G. (1799). Historiae Amphibiorum narturalis et literariae. Fasciculus primus, continens Ranas. Calamitas, Bufones, Salamandras et Hydros. <em>Frommanni, Jena.</em> 266 pp. [details]   
Nomenclature Schneider, 1799 described the species based on a figure in Russell, 1796  
Nomenclature Schneider, 1799 described the species based on a figure in Russell, 1796 [details]
Uetz, P. (ed.) (2024). The Reptile Database. Cerberus rynchops (Schneider, 1799). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344028 on 2024-03-29
Date
action
by
2008-04-11 11:37:23Z
created
2009-07-01 09:53:39Z
changed
2017-05-06 20:29:06Z
changed
2019-09-16 06:11:02Z
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original description  (of Hydrus rynchops Schneider, 1799) Schneider, J. G. (1799). Historiae Amphibiorum narturalis et literariae. Fasciculus primus, continens Ranas. Calamitas, Bufones, Salamandras et Hydros. <em>Frommanni, Jena.</em> 266 pp. [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   

additional source Murphy, J. C.; Voris, H. K.; Karns, D. R. (2012). The dog-faced water snakes, a revision of the genus <em>Cerberus </em>Cuvier, (Squamata, Serpentes, Homalopsidae), with the description of a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3484: 1-34. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Schneider, 1799 described the species based on a figure in Russell, 1796 [details]

From other sources
Habitat coastal [details]
LanguageName 
English dog-faced water snake  [details]