Loveridgelaps elapoides

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

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Loveridgelaps
Species: Loveridgelaps elapoides

Name

• Loveridgelaps elapoides (Boulenger, 1890)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.18.98 (formerly BMNH 1889.3.29.19), ♂, collected by C.M. Woodford, between 1886–1889.

Type locality: “Florida Island, or Gela, north of Guadalcanar [=Guadalcanal]”, Solomon Islands.

Combinations

• Hoplocephalus elapoides Boulenger, 1890: 30 [original combination]
• Micropechis elapoides — Boulenger, 1896: 347 [subsequent combination]
• Loveridgelaps elapoides — McDowell, 1970: 175 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1890. Fourth contribution to the herpetology of the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890: 30–31. BHL
• McDowell, Jr., S.B. 1970. On the status and relationships of the Solomon Island elapid snakes. Journal of Zoology 161(2): 145–190. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1970.tb02032.x Reference page 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Loveridgelaps elapoides. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 July 2018.
• Allison, A., McCoy, M., Hamilton, A. & Tallowin, O. 2013. IUCN: Loveridgelaps elapoides  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T196568A2460868. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196568A2460868.en

Vernacular names

English: Solomon’s Small-eyed Snake