Loveridgelaps elapoides

Taxonavigation

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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

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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

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

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Solomon’s Small-eyed Snake