Oxyuranus microlepidotus

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Oxyuranus microlepidotus

Taxonavigation

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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

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Oxyuranus
Species: Oxyuranus microlepidotus

Name

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Oxyuranus microlepidotus (McCoy, 1879)

  • Lectotype: NMV D12354 (old no. 493 and R12871), collected by W. Blandowski. [designated by Coventry (1970: 121)]
  • Type locality: “Junction of Murray and Darling” Rivers, Victoria, Australia.
  • Paralectotype: NMV D12353 (old no. 3263 and R12870), same data as the lectotype.

Combinations

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  • Diemenia microlepidota McCoy, 1878: 12 [original combination]
  • Pseudechis microlepidotusBoulenger, 1896: 332 [subsequent combination]
  • Parademansia microlepidotaKinghorn, 1955 [subsequent combination]
  • Oxyuranus microlepidotusCovacevich, McDowell, Tanner & Mengden, 1981 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

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  • Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

References

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Primary references

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  • McCoy, F. 1878–1890. Natural History of Victoria. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria, or, Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of all Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals. Governmment Printer: Melbourne. Reference page
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Vernacular names

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English: Inland Taipan
中文: 內陸太攀蛇, 兇猛太攀蛇
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