Vermicella

Vermicella
Vermicella annulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Elapidae
Subfamily:Hydrophiinae
Genus:Vermicella
Gray in Günther, 1858

Vermicella is a genus of venomous snakes of the family Elapidae. The best known species is the bandy-bandy (V. annulata).

Species

Seven species are recognized as being valid.[1] In Mid 2018 a new species of bandy-bandy was discovered in Australia, visually nearly identical to Vermicella annulata. The species named Vermicella parscauda is considerably more venomous, with a toxin that is comparable to that of the Red-bellied black snake.[2]

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

Etymology

The specific name, snelli, is in honor of Charles Snell who donated the holotype to the Western Australian Museum.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Genus Vermicella at The Reptile Database
  2. ↑ "New breed of EXTREMELY venomous snake discovered in Australia". Mail Online. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  3. ↑ Pskhun (2018-07-16). "Species New to Science: [Herpetology • 2018] Vermicella parscauda • A New Species of Bandy-bandy (Vermicella: Serpentes: Elapidae) from the Weipa Region, Cape York, Australia". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  4. ↑ 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. (Vermicella snelli, p. 248).

Further reading

  • Gray JE (1858). In: Günther A (1858). Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Vermicella, new genus, p. 236).


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