Cathetorhinus melanocephalus is a species of snake in the Gerrhopilidae family.[1][2][3] It may belong to the genus Rhinotyphlops, but a formal reassignment has yet to be published.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Gerrhopilidae |
| Genus: | Cathetorhinus Duméril & Bibron, 1844 |
| Species: | C. melanocephalus
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References
edit- ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
- ^ Cathetorhinus melanocephalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 July 2018.