Toxicocalamus loennbergii

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 loennbergii

Name

Toxicocalamus loennbergii (Boulenger, 1908)

• Syntypes (n=4): BMNH 1946.1.18.24–26 (former BMNH 1908.6.30.7-9) and MCZ R-76634 (former BMNH 1908.6.30.10), all ♀, obtained by A.E. Pratt in May or June 1905.
• Type locality: “Dutch New Guinea, north of Fak Fak, altitude 1700 feet”.

Combinations

• Apisthocalamus loennbergii Boulenger, 1908: 248 [original combination]
• Toxicocalamus loennbergii — Kraus, Kaiser & O’Shea, 2022: 1014 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1908. Description of a new elapine snake of the genus Apisthocalamus, Blg., from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 8 1(3): 248–249. BHL 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.