Cryptophis

Cryptophis
Cryptophis nigrescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Elapidae
Genus:Cryptophis
Worrell, 1961

Cryptophis is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. The genus is native to Australia and Papua New Guinea.[1]

Species

The following five species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Cryptophis boschmai (Brongersma & Knaap-van Meeuven, 1961)
  • Cryptophis incredibilis (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
  • Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862)
  • Cryptophis nigrostriatus (Krefft, 1864)
  • Cryptophis pallidiceps (Günther, 1858)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cryptophis.

Etymology

The specific name, boschmai, is in honor of Dutch zoologist Hilbrand Boschma.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Genus Cryptophis at The Reptile Database
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinoplocephalus boschmai, p. 32).

Further reading

  • Worrell E (1961). "Herpetological Name Changes". West Australian Naturalist 8: 18-27. (Cryptophis, new genus).


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