Vermicella

Taxonavigation

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: Vermicella
Species (6): V. annulata – V. intermedia – V. multifasciata – V. parscauda – V. snelli – V. vermiformis

Name

• Vermicella Gray in Günther, 1858: 236

Type species: Calamaria annulata Gray in Grey, 1841, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1858. Catalogue of colubrine snakes in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History): London. xvi + 281 pp. BHL

Additional references

• Keogh, J.S. & Smith, S.A. 1996. Taxonomy and natural history of the Australian bandy-bandy snakes (Elapidae: Vermicella) with a description of two new species. Journal of Zoology 240(4): 677–701. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05315.x Reference page. 
• Derez, C.M., Arbuckle, K., Ruan, Z.-Q., Xie, B., Huang, Y., Dibben, L., Shi, Q., Vonk, F.J. & Fry, B.G. 2018. A new species of bandy-bandy (Vermicella: Serpentes: Elapidae) from the Weipa region, Cape York, Australia. Zootaxa 4446(1): 1–12. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Vermicella . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 July 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Bandy-bandies