Toxicocalamus spilolepidotus

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

Holotype: AMNH 85745, adult ♀, collected by L.J. Brass & H.M. van Deusen (6th Archbold New Guinea Expedition), on 25 September 1959.

Type locality: “Purosa (near Okapa), Eastern Highlands Division, Territory of New Guinea”.

Toxicocalamus (Apistocalamus) spilolepidotus McDowell, 1969: 464 [original combination]

McDowell, S.B. 1969. Toxicocalamus, a New Guinea genus of snakes of the family Elapidae. Journal of Zoology 159(4): 443–511. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1969.tb03900.x Reference page.

Tallowin, O., Parker, F. & O'Shea, M. 2016. IUCN: Toxicocalamus spilolepidotus (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42493972A42493977. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42493972A42493977.en

English: Spotted Forest Snake

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