| Cathetorhinus melanocephalus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Gerrhopilidae |
| Genus: | Cathetorhinus Duméril & Bibron, 1844 |
| Species: | C. melanocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cathetorhinus melanocephalus | |
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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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