Acanthophis laevis MACLEAY, 1878
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Acanthophis cerastinus ceramensis GÜNTHER 1863: 58 Acanthophis laevis MACLEAY 1878: 40 Acanthophis antarcticus — BOULENGER 1896 (part.) Acanthophis antarcticus laevis — WORRELL 1961 Acanthophis antarcticus laevis — KLEMMER 1963 Acanthophis barnetti HOSER 1998 Acanthophis crotalusei HOSER 1998 Acanthophis groenveldi HOSER 2002 Acanthophis macgregori HOSER 2002 Acanthophis yuwoni HOSER 2002 Acanthophis laevis — WÜSTER et al. 2004 Acanthophis ceramensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 4 Acanthophis laevis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 4 |
Distribution | Papua New Guinea, Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Seram, Tanimbar). Type locality: “New Guinea” Macleay speculates it came from “Hall Sound”. ceramensis: Indonesia (Seram, Tanimbar); Type locality: “North Ceram” [= N Seram, Maluku, E Indonesia]. Map legend: ![]() NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and not in every cases it works well. We are working on it. |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: AMS (AM) R31932, formerly MMUS R693 Syntypes: BMNH 63.12.4.19, 63.2.28.34-36 [ceramensis] |
Comment | Synonymy after W. WÜSTER et al. (2004 and pers. comm., 3 Jan 2017). A. ceramensis is a senior synonym of A. laevis but has hardly been used, so it may need to be suppressed by ICZN (W. WÜSTER, pers. comm., 3 Jan 2017).HOSER’s species may be also synonymous to Acanthophis praelongus. Further studies are required to clarify their relationships. Based on the nomenclature rules, the name crotalusei needs to be emended to crotali or crotalusi (fide WÜSTER et al. 2001). A. crotalusei is closely related to or may be a synonym of Acanthophis laevis Macleay 1878 according to WÜSTER (pers. comm.). KAISER et al. rejected all names coined by HOSER in or after 2000. Venomous! |
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