Acrochordus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Acrochordoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Acrochordidae
Genus: Acrochordus
Species (3 + †1): A. arafurae – †A. dehmi – A. granulatus – A. javanicus
Name
[edit]Acrochordus Hornstedt, 1787: 307
- Type species: Acrochordus javanicus Hornstedt, 1787, by monotypy.
Synonyms
[edit]- Chersydrus Cuvier, 1817: 75
- Type species: Acrochordus fasciatus Shaw, 1802, by monotypy.
- Verrucator Merrem in Schlegel, 1837: 428 [nomen nudum]
- Type species: Acrochordus javanicus Hornstedt, 1787, by monotypy.
- Potamophis Schmidt, 1852: 75 [preoccupied by Potamophis Cantor, 1836]
- Type species: Acrochordus javanicus Hornstedt, 1787, by original designation.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Hornstedt, C.F. 1787. Beskrifning på en Ny Orm från Java. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akadamiens Handlingar 8: 306–308. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Sanders, K.L., Mumpuni, Hamidy, A., Head, J.J. & Gower, D.J. 2010. Phylogeny and divergence times of filesnakes (Acrochordus): Inferences from morphology, fossils and three molecular loci. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(3): 857–867. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.031
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Acrochordus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 August 2020.
Vernacular names
[edit]Deutsch: Warzenschlangen
English: File Snakes
eesti: Tüügasmadu
suomi: Käsnäkäärme
italiano: Acrocordo
Nederlands: Waterslangen
polski: Brodawkowiec
русский: Бородавчатые змеи
slovenčina: Bradavičník
ไทย: งูงวงช้าง, งูผ้าขี้ริ้ว
中文: 瘰鱗蛇科
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