Cerberus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Cerberus
Species (5): C. australis – C. dunsoni – C. microlepis – C. rynchops – C. schneiderii
Name

Cerberus Cuvier, 1829: 81

Type species: Coluber cerberus Daudin, 1803, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Cuvier, G. 1829. Le Regne Animal Distribué, d'apres son Organisation, pur servir de base à l'Histoire naturelle des Animaux et d'introduction à l'Anatomie Comparé. Nouvelle Edition. Vol. 2. Les Reptiles. Déterville: Paris. i–xvi + 1–406. BHL

Additional references

Murphy, J.C.; Voris, H.K.; Karns, D.R. 2012: The dog-faced water snakes, a revision of the genus Cerberus Cuvier, (Squamata, Serpentes, Homalopsidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3484: 1–34. Preview Reference page.
Pauwels, O.S.G. & Sumontha, M. 2016. Taxonomic identity of two enigmatic aquatic snake populations (Squamata: Homalopsidae: Cerberus and Homalopsis) from southern Thailand. Zootaxa 4107(2): 293–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.2.11. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Cerberus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 November 2018.

Cerberus (common name dog-faced water snakes) is a small genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae.

Geographic range and habitat

Member species of the genus Cerberus are common inhabitants of Southeast Asia's mangrove habitat and mudflats.
Etymology

The generic name, Cerberus, refers to the dog-like Greek mythological creature Cerberus.[1]
Species

The following five species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Cerberus australis (Gray, 1842)
Cerberus dunsoni Murphy, Voris & Karns, 2012
Cerberus microlepis Boulenger, 1896
Cerberus rynchops (Schneider, 1799)
Cerberus schneiderii (Schlegel, 1837)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cerberus.
References

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Genus Cerberus, p. 50).

"Cerberus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.com.