Cryptophis nigrescens
{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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| image = Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens.jpg
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Cryptophis
| species = nigrescens
| authority = (Günther, 1862)
| synonyms = *Hoplocephalus nigrescens
{{small|Günther, 1862}}
- Alecto permixta
{{small|Jan, 1863}} - Hoplocephalus assimilis
{{small|Macleay, 1885}} - Denisonia nigrescens
{{small|— Boulenger, 1896}} - Cryptophis nigrescens
{{small|— Worrell, 1961}} - Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens
{{small|— Hutchinson, 1990}} - Cryptophis nigrescens
{{small|— Cogger, 2014}}
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Cryptophis nigrescens is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to eastern Australia.
Taxonomy
Cryptophis nigrescens was described by Albert Günther in 1862, assigning the new species to Hoplocephalus.{{cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/125423443|title=Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862)|publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility|access-date=6 August 2014|archive-date=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808054342/http://www.gbif.org/species/125423443|url-status=dead}}
Geographic range
Cryptophis nigrescens is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.Cryptophis nigrescens. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Common names
Common names for the species include short-tailed snake, small-eyed snake,{{cite web|url=http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Reptiles/Snakes/Common+and+dangerous+species/Small-eyed+Snake#.U-I0OqMk_7Q|title=Small-eyed Snake - Cryptophis nigrescens |publisher=Queensland Museum|access-date=6 August 2014}} and eastern small-eyed snake.{{cite web|url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/CRYPTOPHIS+NIGRESCENS|title=Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862) - Eastern Small-eyed Snake|publisher=Atlas of Living Australia|access-date=6 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055120/http://bie.ala.org.au/species/CRYPTOPHIS+NIGRESCENS|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=dead}}
Reproduction
Cryptophis nigrescens is viviparous.
References
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Denisonia nigrescens, p. 343).
- Günther A (1862). "On new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 9: 124–132. (Hoplocephalus nigrescens, new species, p. 131 + Plate IX, figure 12).
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Category:Reptiles described in 1862
Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther
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