Species of snake
Acrochordus arafurae
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Reptilia
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Order:
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Squamata
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Suborder:
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Serpentes
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Family:
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Acrochordidae
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Genus:
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Acrochordus
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Species:
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A. arafurae
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Binomial name
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Acrochordus arafurae
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Synonyms
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- 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]
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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]