Toxicocalamus buergersi

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: Toxicocalamus
Species: Toxicocalamus buergersi

Name

Toxicocalamus buergersi (Sternfeld, 1913): 388.

• Holotype: ZMB 25232, adult ♂, collected by T.J. Bürgers on Expedition des Reichskolonialamtes, der Königlichen Museen und der Deutschen Kolonialgesellschaft zur Erforschung des Kaiserin-Augusta Fluß in Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land (=Berliner Sepik Expedition) 1912–1913.

• Type locality: “Deutsch Neuguinea” (somewhere on the Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea).

Synonymy

• Ultrocalamus bürgersi Sternfeld, 1913 388
• Toxicocalamus buergersi — McDowell, 1967
• Toxicocalamus (Ultrocalamus) buergersi — McDowell, 1969

References

Primary references

• Sternfeld, R. 1913. Beiträge zur Schlangenfauna Neuguineas und der benachbarten Inselgruppen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1913: 384–389. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 
• McDowell, S.B. 1969. Toxicocalamus, a New Guinea genus of snakes of the family Elapidae. Journal of Zoology 159(4): 443–511. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1969.tb03900.x Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Toxicocalamus buergersi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 April 2019.
• Tallowin, O., Parker, F. & O'Shea, M. 2017. IUCN: Toxicocalamus buergersi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T42493861A42493870. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42493861A42493870.en

Vernacular names

English: Buerger’s Forest Snake