Oxyuranus microlepidotus

Oxyuranus microlepidotus

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: Oxyuranus
Species: Oxyuranus microlepidotus

Name

Oxyuranus microlepidotus (McCoy, 1879)

• Lectotype: NMV D12354 (old no. 493 and R12871), collected by W. Blandowski. [designated by Coventry (1970: 121)]
• Type locality: “Junction of Murray and Darling” Rivers, Victoria, Australia.
• Paralectotype: NMV D12353 (old no. 3263 and R12870), same data as the lectotype.

Combinations

• Diemenia microlepidota McCoy, 1878: 12 [original combination]
• Pseudechis microlepidotus — Boulenger, 1896: 332 [subsequent combination]
• Parademansia microlepidota — Kinghorn, 1955 [subsequent combination]
• Oxyuranus microlepidotus — Covacevich, McDowell, Tanner & Mengden, 1981 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

References

Primary references

• McCoy, F. 1878–1890. Natural History of Victoria. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria, or, Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of all Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals. Governmment Printer: Melbourne. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oxyuranus microlepidotus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 July 2022.
• Wilson, S., Dickman, C., Hobson, R. & Sanderson, C. 2018. IUCN: Oxyuranus microlepidotus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42493150A42493160. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42493150A42493160.en. Accessed on 27 July 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Inland Taipan
中文: 內陸太攀蛇, 兇猛太攀蛇

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