Ephalophis greyae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.6.92 (formerly BMNH 1930.11.17.3), ♀, collected by B. Grey, on March 1930.

Type locality: “Cape Boileau, north-west coast of Australia”.

Ephalophis greyi Smith, 1931: 397 [original combination, orth. error]
Ephalophis greyae — O’Shea, 1996 [subsequent combination, spelling emmendation]

Smith, M.A. 1931. Description of a new genus of sea snake from the coast of Australia, with a note on the structure providing for complete closure of the mouth in aquatic snakes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 101(2): 397–398. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1931.tb01019.x

McDowell, S.B. 1969. Notes on the Australian sea‐snake Ephalophis greyi M. Smith (Serpentes : Elapidae, Hydrophiinae) and the origin and classification of sea‐snakes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 48(3): 333–349. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1969.tb00716.x Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ephalophis greyae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 July 2018.
Lukoschek, V., Guinea, M. & Milton, D. 2010. IUCN: Ephalophis greyae (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176755A7298070. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176755A7298070.en

English: North-western Mangrove Seasnake