Tropidechis carinatus

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

Tropidechis carinatus (Krefft, 1863)

Holotype: unknown, collected by James J. Wilcox. [lost fide Cogger et al. (1983: 237)]
Type locality: “near Grafton, in the Clarence River District”, New South Wales, Australia.

Krefft, G. 1863. Description of a new species of Hoplocephalus with keeled scales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 86. BHL
Günther, A. 1863. Third account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3 12(71): 348–365. BHL Reference page.

Kaiser, H., Crother, B.I., Kelly, C.M.R., Luiselli, L., O’Shea, M., Ota, H., Passos, P., Schleip, W.D. & Wüster, W. 2013. Best practices: in the 21st Century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review. Herpetological Review 44(1): 8–23. PDF Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tropidechis carinatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 July 2018.
Shea, G., Cogger, H. & Greenlees, M. 2018. IUCN: Tropidechis carinatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102726791A102726842.

English: Clarence River Snake