Toxicocalamus goodenoughensis

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 goodenoughensis

Name

Toxicocalamus goodenoughensis Roberts & Austin, 2020: 448

• Holotype: LSUMZ 98043 (field tag CCA 15692), adult ♀, collected by C. Austin on 10 April 2012.
• Type locality: “low-elevation camp along the banks of the Blawin River among mixture of bush and gardens, 9.2650667° S, 150.2238833° E, 147 m a.s.l., Goodenough Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea”.
• Paratype: LSUMZ 98042 (field tag CCA 15458), juvenile, collected by C. Austin on 20 June 2012, crossing bush track near camp along small creek that is a tributary of Moniu Rive, 9.2899667° S, 150.21425° E, 992 m a.s.l., Goodenough Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

References

Primary references

• Roberts, J.R. & Austin, C.C. 2020. A New Species of New Guinea Worm-Eating Snake (Elapidae: Toxicocalamus Boulenger, 1896), with Comments on Postfrontal Bone Variation Based on Microcomputed Tomography. Journal of Herpetology 54(4): 446–459. DOI: 10.1670/20-043 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Goodenough Island Forest Snake