Melanophidium wynaudense

Melanophidium wynaudense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Melanophidium
Species:
M. wynaudense
Binomial name
Melanophidium wynaudense
(Beddome, 1863)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Plectrurus wynaudensis
    Beddome, 1863
  • Plectrurus wynandensis [sic]
    Beddome, 1863 (ex errore)
  • Melanophidium wynandense
    — Günther, 1864
  • Melanophidium wynadense [sic]
    Boulenger, 1893 (ex errore)
  • Melanophidium wynaudense
    — M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Melanophidium wyandense [sic]
    E.E. Williams, 1959 (ex errore)
  • Melanophidium wynaudense
    — McDiarmid et al., 1999

Melanophidium wynaudense, commonly known as the Indian black earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to India.

  1. ^ Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Uropeltidæ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. ("Melanophidium wynadense [sic]", p. 163).
  2. ^ "Melanophidium wynaudense ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.