Acrochordus arafurae

Acrochordus arafurae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Acrochordidae
Genus: Acrochordus
Species:
A. arafurae
Binomial name
Acrochordus arafurae
McDowell, 1979
Synonyms
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Boulenger, 1893
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Flower, 1899
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Wall, 1903
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Lidth de Jeude, 1911
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Barbour, 1812
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Boulenger, 1914
  • Acrochordus javanicus – de Rooij, 1917
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Kinghorn, 1929
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Thomson, 1935
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Barrett, 1950
  • Acrochordus javanicus – De Haas, 1950
  • Achrochordus javanicus – Mitchell, 1955
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Kinghorn, 1956
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Worrell, 1963
  • Achrochordus javanicus – Cogger, 1964
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Mitchell, 1964
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Dunson & Dunson, 1973
  • Acrochordus javanicus – Cogger, 1975
  • Acrochordus arafurae – McDowell, 1979[2]

Acrochordus arafurae, known by the common names Arafura file snake, elephant trunk snake, and wrinkle file snake, is an aquatic snake species found in northern Australia and New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

This snake was first described by Samuel Booker McDowell in 1979[4][5]

  1. ^ Sanders, K.; Guinea, M. & Cogger, H. (2010). "Acrochordus arafurae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T176764A7299709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176764A7299709.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ "Acrochordus arafurae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  4. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Acrochordus arafurae". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  5. ^ S. B. McDowell (26 February 1979). "A Catalogue of the Snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with Special Reference to Those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part III. Boinae and Acrochordoidea (Reptilia, Serpentes)". Journal of Herpetology. 13 (1): 1–92. doi:10.2307/1563761. ISSN 0022-1511. JSTOR 1563761. Wikidata Q56037668.