Acrochordus

Acrochordus
Temporal range: 11.608–0 Ma Middle Miocene - present [1]
Acrochordus arafurae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Acrochordoidea
Family: Acrochordidae
Bonaparte, 1831
Genus: Acrochordus
Hornstedt, 1787

The Acrochordidae, commonly known as wart snakes,[2] Java wart snakes,[3] file snakes, elephant trunk snakes, or dogface snakes are a monogeneric family[2] created for the genus Acrochordus. This is a group of basal aquatic snakes found in Australia and tropical Asia. Currently, three species are recognized.[3]

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Reptilia entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2007-08-02. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. ^ a b "Acrochordidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Acrochordus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2007.