Toxicocalamus preussi

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 preussi
Subspecies (2): T. p. preussi – T. p. angusticinctus

Name

Toxicocalamus preussi (Sternfeld, 1913): 388.

• Holotype: ZMB 23948, collected by Paul Preuss between 1903–1904.

• Type locality: “Insel Seleo (bei Berlinhafen)" [=Seleo Island, near Aitape, 03°08'S 142°19'E, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea].

Synonymy

• Ultrocalamus preussi Sternfeld, 1913: 388
• Toxicocalamus (Ultrocalamus) preussi — 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. 1967. Aspidomorphus, a genus of New Guinea snakes of the family Elapidae, with notes on related genera. Journal of Zoology 151(4): 497–543. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1967.tb02130.x 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. 

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Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Toxicocalamus preussi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 April 2019.
• Tallowin, O., O'Shea, M. & Parker, F.2016. IUCN: Toxicocalamus preussi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42493957A42493966. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42493957A42493966.en

Vernacular names

English: Preuss’s Forest Snake