Emydocephalus annulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: 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”.

Emydocephalus szczerbaki Dotsenko, 2011 [synonymised by Nankivell, Goiran, Hourston, Shine, Rasmussen, Thomson & Sanders (2020: 142)]

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.
Dotsenko, I.B. 2011. [Emydocephalus szczerbaki sp. n. (Serpentes, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae) ― a new species of the turtleheaded sea snake genus from Vietnam]. Zbirnik prats’ zoologichnogo museyu 41: 128–138.
Nankivell, J.H., Goiran, C., Hourston, M., Shine, R., Rasmussen, A.R., Thomson, V.A. & Sanders, K.L. 2020. A new species of turtle-headed sea Snake (Emydocephalus: Elapidae) endemic to Western Australia. Zootaxa 4758(1): 141–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.1.6 Reference page.

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. Accessed on 04 February 2026.