Toxicocalamus loriae

Toxicocalamus loriae
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Toxicocalamus
Species:	T. loriae
Binomial name
	Toxicocalamus loriae; (Boulenger, 1897)
Synonyms
	Apistocalamus loriae ; Boulenger, 1897; Pseudapistocalamus nymani ; Lönnberg, 1900; Apistocalamus pratti ; Boulenger, 1904; Apisthocalamus loennbergi ; Boulenger, 1908; Apisthocalamus loriae ; — Boulenger, 1908; Apisthocalamus lamingtoni ; Kinghorn, 1928; Tixicocalamus loriae ; — Welch, 1994;

Toxicocalamus loriae, also known commonly as the Loria forest snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to New Guinea.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, loriae, is in honor of Italian ethnologist Lamberto Loria.^[4]

The preferred natural habitat of T. loriae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,830 m (6,000 ft).^[1]

T. loriae is diurnal and fossorial.^[3]

T. loriae is oviparous.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Tallowin O, O'Shea M, Parker F (2015). "Toxicocalamus loriae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T42493924A42493933. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42493924A42493933.en. Downloaded on 03 June 2020.
^ Boulenger GA (1897). "An account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 38: 694–710 + Plates VI–VIII. (Apistocalamus loriae, new species, pp. 705–706 + Plate VIII, figure 1).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Toxicocalamus loriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Toxicocalamus loriae, p. 160).

O'Shea M, Allison A, Kaiser H (2018). "The taxonomic history of the enigmatic Papuan snake genus Toxicocalamus (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with the description of a new species from the Managalas Plateau of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, and a revised dichotomous key". Amphibia-Reptilia 39 (4): 403–433.
O'Shea M, Parker F, Kaiser H (2015). "A New Species of New Guinea Worm-Eating Snake, Genus Toxicocalamus (Serpentes: Elapidae), From the Star Mountains of Western Province, Papua New Guinea, With a Revised Dichotomous Key to the Genus". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 161 (6): 241–264.

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