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Higher TaxaColubridae, Sibynophiinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jerdon's Many-tooth Snake, (Duméril’s) Black-headed snake 
SynonymColuber humbertii H. BOIE in SCHLEGEL 1826 (Nomen nudum)
Coluber humbertii SCHLEGEL 1826 (Nomen nudum)
Oligodon subpunctatus DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 58
Oligodon spinaepunctatus JAN 1862 (fide SMITH 1943)
Enicognathus humberti JAN 1863 (fide SMITH 1943)
Enicognathus Humberti — JAN 1866
Polyodontophis subpunctatus — BOULENGER 1890
Polydontophis [sic] subpunctatus — BOULENGER 1893: 186
Polyodontophis subpunctatus — WALL 1905: 297
Polyodontophis subpunctatus — WALL 1921: 84
Sibynophis subpunctatus — SCHMIDT 1926: 171
Sibynophis subpunctatus — SMITH 1943: 279
Sibynophis subpunctatus — DAS 1996: 59
Rhadinaea melanocephala (fide WALL 1921)
Sibynophis subpunctatus — CAPTAIN et al. 2004
Sibynophis subpunctatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 673 
DistributionIndia (Gujarat, Maharashtra (Pune (=Poona) district) [A. Captain, pers. comm.], Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana), Sri Lanka

Type locality: “Malabar” [= India]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 3240, collected by: Jean Jacques Dussumier (1792–1883), collection date: between 1816 and 1840. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1599 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: Oligodon subpunctatus A.-M.-C. Duméril & G. Bibron, 1854 (type locality: "Malabar, Inde" [= Malabar Hills/Western Ghats, southwestern India]) has been synonymized with Sibynophis sagittaria (VYAS 2007).

Types: Linnaeus 1758 designated NRM 15 and NRM 86 as syntypes of Coluber melanocephalus, the former of which was later identified as Polyodontophis subpunctatus 
EtymologyNamed after Latin sub (“under”) and pūnctātus, meaning “punctuated, pointed, spotted,” in reference to the dark spots on the belly of species. 
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