NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Uropeltidae
  Infraorder - Alethinophidia
  Suborder - Serpentes
  Order - Squamata
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Uropeltis arcticeps
      Species - Uropeltis beddomii
      Species - Uropeltis broughami
      Species - Uropeltis ceylanica
      Species - Uropeltis dindigalensis
      Species - Uropeltis ellioti
      Species - Uropeltis liura
      Species - Uropeltis macrolepis
      Species - Uropeltis macrorhyncha
      Species - Uropeltis maculata
      Species - Uropeltis melanogaster
      Species - Uropeltis myhendrae
      Species - Uropeltis nitida
      Species - Uropeltis ocellata
      Species - Uropeltis petersi
      Species - Uropeltis phillipsi
      Species - Uropeltis phipsonii
      Species - Uropeltis pulneyensis
      Species - Uropeltis rubrolineata
      Species - Uropeltis rubromaculata
      Species - Uropeltis ruhunae
      Species - Uropeltis smithi
      Species - Uropeltis woodmasoni