Acrochordus arafurae

Acrochordus arafurae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrochordoidea

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: Acrochordoidea

Familia: Acrochordidae
Genus: Acrochordus
Species: Acrochordus arafurae

Name

Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979: 75

• Holotype: AMNH 59887, adult ♂, collected by A.L. Rand (2nd Archbold-Rand Expedition), between February 1936–January 1937.
• Type locality: “Papua New Guinea: Western Province: Lake Daviumb”.

References

Primary references

• McDowell, S.B. 1979. A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with special reference to those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part III. Boinae and Acrochordoidea (Reptilia, Serpentes). Journal of Herpetology 13(1): 1–92. DOI: 10.2307/1563761 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Acrochordus arafurae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 July 2018.
• Tallowin, O., Parker, F., O'Shea, M., Cogger, H., Vanderduys, E., Amey, A., Hoskin, C. & Couper, P. 2018. IUCN: Acrochordus arafurae  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176764A21647516.
• Acrochordus arafurae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Arafura File Snake
polski: brodawkowiec arafurski

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