Cryptophis

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

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

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]

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References
  1. 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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