Jump to content

Aspidomorphus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Lyttle-Wight (talk | contribs) at 10:30, 16 November 2016 (Dab & xref eponymous common names, with citation. Clean up.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Aspidomorphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Elapidae
Genus:
Aspidomorphus

Fitzinger, 1843

Aspidomorphus is a genus of venomous elapid snakes endemic to New Guinea and neighbouring islands. They are commonly called collared adders or crown snakes. These are small snakes with rounded snouts and small eyes. Very little is known about these nocturnal burrowing species.

Species

Species Authority Subsp. Common name Geographic range
A. lineaticollis (F. Werner, 1903) None Striped crown snake Papua New Guinea (Trobriand I, Louisiade Archipelago, d'Entrecasteaux Archipelago)
A. muelleri (Schlegel, 1837) 4 Müller’s[1] crown snake Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago)
A. schlegelii (Günther, 1872) None Schlegel’s[1] crown snake Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea

References

  1. ^ a b 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. (Aspidomorphus muelleri, p. 184; A. schlegelii, p. 235).

Further reading

  • McDowell SB (1967). "Aspidomorphus, a Genus of New Guinea Snakes of the Family Elapidae, With Notes on Related Genera". Journal of Zoology (London) 151: 497-543. Abstract.
  • Genus Aspidomorphus at The Reptile Database
  • "Aspidomorphus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Stub icon

This Elapidae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aspidomorphus&oldid=749826746"