Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Salomonelaps
Species: Salomonelaps par
Subspecies: S. p. choiseulensis S. p. ngelaensis S. p. par S. p. shortlandensis

Name

Type locality: “Faro [=Fauro] Island”, Solomon Islands.

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.20.66 (formerly BMNH 1884.3.24.94), ♀, collected by H.B. Guppy.

Combinations

  • Hoplocephalus par Boulenger, 1884: 210 [original combination]
  • Denisonia parBoulenger, 1896: 345 [subsequent combination]
  • Salomonelaps parMcDowell, 1970: 158 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Hoser, R.T. 2016b. A division of the elapid genus Salomonelaps McDowell, 1970 from the Solomon Islands, including the resurrection of two species and formal description of four other forms (Serpentes: Elapidae: Micropechiini: Loveridgelapina). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 31: 12-21. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Solomons Coral Snake
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