Toxicocalamus lamingtoni

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 lamingtoni

Name

Toxicocalamus lamingtoni (Kinghorn, 1928)

• Holotype: AMS R9351, adult ♂, collected by C. Terence McNamara between August and September 1927.
• Type locality: “Mount Lamington district, Northern Division, Papua”.
• Paratypes: (n=2): AMS R9352 and R61072, juveniles, same data as the holotype.

Combinations

• Apisthocalamus lamingtoni Kinghorn, 1928: 290 [original combination]
• Toxicocalamus lamingtoni — Kraus, Kaiser & O’Shea, 2022: 1015 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Kinghorn, J.R. 1928. Notes on Some Reptiles and Batrachians from the Northern Division of Papua, with descriptions of new species of Apisthocalamus and Lygosoma.Records of the Australian Museum 16: 289–293. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.16.1928.790 Reference page. 
• Kraus, F., Kaiser, H. & O’Shea, M. 2022. Hidden diversity in semi-fossorial Melanesian forest snakes: A revision of the Toxicocalamus loriae complex (Squamata, Elapidae) from New Guinea. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 997–1034. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e89647 Reference page.