Emydocephalus annulatus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft, 1869: 322

Emydocephalus tuberculatus Krefft, 1869: 322
- Holotype: AM R455.
- Type locality: “probably the Australian Seas”.

Aipysurus chelonicephalus Bavay, 1869: 34
- Holotype: EMNB, adult ♂.
- Type locality: “côte environ Lifou, Îles Loyalty”.

Krefft, G. 1869. Descriptions of new Australian Snakes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869: 318–322. BHL
Bavay, A. 1869. Catalogue des Reptiles de las Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'especes nouvelles. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 15: 1–37. Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Emydocephalus annulatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 March 2020.
Lukoschek, V., Guinea, M., Rasmussen, A., Courtney, T., Read, M. & Gatus, J. 2010. IUCN: Emydocephalus annulatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176720A7290209. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176720A7290209.en
Emydocephalus annulatus in the World Register of Marine Species

English: Turtleheaded Sea Snake