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Acrochordus granulatus (SCHNEIDER, 1799)

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Higher TaxaAcrochordidae, Caenophidia, Serpentes (snakes) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Little filesnake, Marine File Snake, Wart Snake
G: Warzenschlange, Südostasiatische Warzenschlange 
SynonymHydrus Granulatus SCHNEIDER 1799
Chersydrus granulatus - SCHNEIDER 180x
Acrochordus fasciatus SHAW 1802
Pelamis granulatus - DAUDIN 1803
Chersydrus granulatus - MERREM 1820
Acrochordus fasciatus - RAFFLES 1822
Hydrus granulatus - RAFFLES 1822
Acrochordus granulatus - CANTOR 1847
Chersydrus annulatus GRAY 1849
Chersydrus fasciatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 41
Chersydrus fasciatus - JAN 1863
Chersydrus granulatus — BOULENGER 1893: 174
Chersydrus granulatus — DE ROOIJ 1917: 43
Chersydrus granulatus — WALL 1921: 79
Chersydrus granulatus granulatus - LOVERIDGE 1938
Acrochordus granulatus granulatus - HAAS 1950
Chersydrus granulatus — GRUBER in GRZIMEK 1970
Chersydrus granulatus — GRANDISON 1978: 285
Acrochordus granulatus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 296
Acrochordus granulatus — COX et al. 1998: 17
Acrochordus granulatus — GAULKE 1999
Acrochordus granulatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 227
Chersydrus granulatus — SHARMA 2004
Acrochordus granulatus — MURTHY 2010 
DistributionChina (Hainan),
New Guinea, Solomon Islands,
Australia (along the coast of North Territory, Queensland, West Australia)
Indonesia (Ambon, Flores, Irian Jaya, Java, Jobi, Schouten, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Ternate, Timor, We, Komodo);
Bangladesh; Cambodia;
India (including Nicobar Islands);
Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia);
Myanmar (Burma); Philippine Islands (including Palawan: Calamian Islands, Panay);
Singapore; Sri Lanka, Thailand; Vietnam.
Papua New Guinea (including many satellite islands)

Type locality: not given (fide MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997); “Madras, India” (fide SANG et al. 2009) Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
TypesHolotype: unknown (fide SANG et al. 2009). 
CommentDoes not occur in Pakistan fide KHAN (pers. comm.).

Habitat: marine

Reproduction: viviparous. 
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