Toxicocalamus loriae

Toxicocalamus loriae, also known commonly as the Loria forest snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to New Guinea.[3]

Toxicocalamus loriae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Toxicocalamus
Species:	T. loriae
Binomial name
Toxicocalamus loriae (Boulenger, 1897)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Apistocalamus loriae Boulenger, 1897 Pseudapistocalamus nymani Lönnberg, 1900 Apistocalamus pratti Boulenger, 1904 Apisthocalamus loennbergi Boulenger, 1908 Apisthocalamus loriae — Boulenger, 1908 Apisthocalamus lamingtoni Kinghorn, 1928 Tixicocalamus loriae — Welch, 1994

Etymology

The specific name, loriae, is in honor of Italian ethnologist Lamberto Loria.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. loriae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,830 m (6,000 ft).[1]

Behavior

T. loriae is diurnal and fossorial.[3]

Reproduction

T. loriae is oviparous.[3]

References

1. Tallowin O, O'Shea M, Parker F (2015). "Toxicocalamus loriae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T42493924A42493933. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42493924A42493933.en. Downloaded on 03 June 2020.
2. Boulenger GA (1897). "An account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 38: 694–710 + Plates VI–VIII. (Apistocalamus loriae, new species, pp. 705–706 + Plate VIII, figure 1).
3. Toxicocalamus loriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
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. (Toxicocalamus loriae, p. 160).

Further reading

• O'Shea M, Allison A, Kaiser H (2018). "The taxonomic history of the enigmatic Papuan snake genus Toxicocalamus (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with the description of a new species from the Managalas Plateau of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, and a revised dichotomous key". Amphibia-Reptilia 39 (4): 403–433.
• O'Shea M, Parker F, Kaiser H (2015). "A New Species of New Guinea Worm-Eating Snake, Genus Toxicocalamus (Serpentes: Elapidae), From the Star Mountains of Western Province, Papua New Guinea, With a Revised Dichotomous Key to the Genus". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 161 (6): 241–264.