Pseudoferania polylepis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

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: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Pseudoferania
Species: Pseudoferania polylepis

Name

• Pseudoferania polylepis (Fischer, 1886)

Holotype: MTKD D 437, ♀, collected by Gerrard on 1885. [destroyed on 13–14 February 1945 during WWII]

Type locality: “Fly River im Südlichen Neuguinea”.

Combinations

• Hypsirhina polylepis Fischer, 1886: 14 [original combination]
• Enhydris polylepis — Kinghorn, 1929: 86 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudoferania polylepis — Wells & Wellington, 1983: 108 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Fischer, J.G. 1886. Herpetologische Notizen. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg 9: 51–67.

Additional references

• Murphy, J.C. 2011. The Nomenclature and Systematics of some Australasian Homalopsid Snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Homalopsidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59(2): 229–236. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pseudoferania polylepis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 November 2018.
• Murphy, J., Guinea, M., Read, M., Greenlees, M., Cogger, H., Woinarski, J., Fenner, A., McDonald, P. & Gillespie, G. 2018. IUCN: Pseudoferania polylepis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176676A102799070. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T176676A102799070.en

Vernacular names

English: Macleay's Mud Snake