Acrochordus granulatus

Acrochordus granulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrochordoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Acrochordoidea

Familia: Acrochordidae
Genus: Acrochordus
Species: Acrochordus granulatus

Name

Acrochordus granulatus (Schneider, 1799)

• Holotype: LM. [lost fide McDowell (1979: 79)]
• Type locality: not given, restricted to “India” by Smith (1943: 134).

Combinations

• Hydrus granulatus Schneider, 1799: 243 [original combination]
• Anguis granulatus — Schneider, 1801 [subsequent combination]
• Pelamis granulatus — Daudin, 1803 [subsequent combination]
• Chersydrus granulatus — Merrem, 1820: 138 [subsequent combination]
• Acrochordus granulatus — Cantor, 1847 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Anguis granulatus acrochordus Schneider, 1801
• Acrochordus fasciatus Shaw, 1802
• Chersydrus annulatus Gray, 1849
• Chersydrus granulatus luzonensis Loveridge, 1938

References

Primary references

• Schneider, J.G. 1799. Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae. Fasciculus primus, continens Ranas, Calamitas, Bufones, Salamandras et Hydros in genera et species descriptos notisque suis distinctos. Frommani: Jenae. 264 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Nguyen, T.Q., Thy, N., Sanders, K., Murphy, J., Lobo, A.S., Gatus, J., Diesmos, A.C., Gonzalez, J.C., Hamilton, A., Allison, A., Tallowin, O., O'Shea, M., Parker, F., Gillespie, G., Stubbs, A., Maglangit, E.P., Delima, E.M. & Pitogo, K. 2022. IUCN: Acrochordus granulatus  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2021 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T176769A211491360. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T176769A211491360.en. Accessed on 13 February 2026.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Zwerg-Warzenschlange
• English: Little Wart Snake
• Bahasa Indonesia: Kadut
• ไทย: งูผ้าขี้ริ้ว

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