Toxicocalamus nymani

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 nymani

Name

Toxicocalamus nymani (Lönnberg, 1900)

• Lectotype: UUZM 290/2387, ♀, collected by Erik Nyman between June–November 1899. [designated by Kraus, Kaiser & O’Shea (2022: 1012)]
• Type locality: “Sattelberg”, at the eastern end of the Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
• Paralectotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.57 (former BMNH 1900.9.21.6), ♀, same data as the lectotype; third syntype is lost fide Kraus, Kaiser & O’Shea (2022: 1012).

Combinations

• Pseudapistocalamus Nymani Lönnberg, 1900: 578 [original combination]
• Toxicocalamus nymani — Kraus, Kaiser & O’Shea, 2022: 1011 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Lönnberg, E. 1900. Reptiles and amphibians collected in German New Guinea by the late Dr Erik Nyman. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 6(36): 574–582. 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.