NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Jodi’s Pipe-Snake
Cylindrophis jodiae Amarasinghe, Ineich, Campbell & Hallermann, 2015
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cylindrophis jodiae Amarasinghe, Ineich, Campbell & Hallermann, 2015
- Name authority
- Amarasinghe, Ineich, Campbell & Hallermann, 2015
- Common name
- Jodi’s Pipe-Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Cylindrophiidae
- Genus
- Cylindrophis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyCylindrophiidae
- genusCylindrophis
- speciesCylindrophis jodiae Amarasinghe, Ineich, Campbell & Hallermann, 2015
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cylindrophis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Boulenger's Pipe SnakeCylindrophis boulengeri Roux, 1911 | CylindrophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jampea Island Pipe SnakeCylindrophis isolepis Boulenger, 1896 | CylindrophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mirza’s Pipe-Snake [mirzae]Cylindrophis ruffus (Laurenti, 1768) | CylindrophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cylindrophis subocularis Kieckbusch, Mecke, Hartmann, Ehrmantraut, O'Shea & Kaiser, 2016 | CylindrophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slowinski’s pipesnakeCylindrophis slowinskii Bernstein, Bauer, Mcguire, Arida, Kaiser, Kieckbusch & Mecke, 2020 | CylindrophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aru Cylinder SnakeCylindrophis aruensis Boulenger, 1920 | CylindrophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Burmese Pipe-SnakeCylindrophis burmanus Smith, 1943 | CylindrophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cylindrophis engkariensis Stuebing, 1994 | CylindrophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blanford's Pipe SnakeCylindrophis lineatus Dennys, 1880 | CylindrophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ceylonese Cylinder SnakeCylindrophis maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CylindrophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Island Pipe SnakeCylindrophis opisthorhodus Boulenger, 1897 | CylindrophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yamdena Pipe SnakeCylindrophis yamdena Smith & Sidik, 1998 | CylindrophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cylindrophis jodii Amarasinghe et al., 2015 Amarasinghe et al., 2015 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cylindrophis&species=jodiae Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6C4XM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.