Toxicocalamus stanleyanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Toxicocalamus
Species: Toxicocalamus stanleyanus

Name

Toxicocalamus stanleyanus Boulenger, 1903: 128.

• Holotype: BMNH 1904.3.17.13, adult ♀, collected by A.E. Pratt

• Type locality: "Dinawa, Owen Stanley Range, 4000ft, British New Guinea", [Dinawa (=Dilava or Obaoba), 08°35' S 146°55' E, 840 m a.s.l., Central Province, Papua New Guinea].

Synonymy

• Toxicocalamus stanleyanus Boulenger, 1903: 128
• Toxicocalamus (Toxicocalamus) stanleyanus McDowell, 1969: 475

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1903. Descriptions of new Reptiles from British New Guinea. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 1 (2): 125–129. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/82575 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 
• Pratt, A.E. 1906. A new reptile from Dinawa, p.359 in Two Years Amongst New Guinea Cannibals: A Naturalist's Sojourn among the Aborigines of Unexplored New Guinea. Seeley & Co., London. 260 pp.https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/67766 Reference page. 
• McDowell, S.B. 1967. Aspidomorphus, a genus of New Guinea snakes of the family Elapidae, with notes on related genera. Journal of Zoology 151(4): 497–543. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1967.tb02130.x Reference page. 
• McDowell, S.B. 1969. Toxicocalamus, a New Guinea genus of snakes of the family Elapidae. Journal of Zoology 159(4): 443–511. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1969.tb03900.x Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Toxicocalamus stanleyanus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 November 2020.
• Tallowin, O., Parker, F. & O'Shea, M. 2017. IUCN: Toxicocalamus stanleyanus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T42493983A42493988. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42493983A42493988.en

Vernacular names

English: Owen Stanley Range Forest Snake