Paroplocephalus atriceps (STORR, 1980)
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Paroplocephalus atriceps
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Lake Cronin Snake |
| Synonym | Brachyaspis atriceps STORR 1980 Notechis atriceps — STORR 1982 Echiopsis atriceps — COGGER 1983 Denisonia atriceps — STORR 1984 Suta atriceps — HUTCHINSON 1990 Suta atriceps — GOLAY et al. 1993 Echiopsis atriceps — COGGER 2000: 649 Paroplocephalus atriceps — KEOGH et al. 2000 Paroplocephalus atriceps — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 494 Paroplocephalus atriceps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 538 Paroplocephalus atriceps — MIRTSCHIN et al. 2017 |
| Distribution | Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: open eucalypt woodland on sandy loam at Lake Cronin, Western Australia, in 32°23'S, 119°45'E. |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Holotype: WAM R67330 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small elapid snake with large black head; large, somewhat obtrusive eyes; narrow neck; 19 scale rows at midbody; anal and subcaudals single. Further distinguishable from B. curta (Schlegel) by head parallel-sided in plan (rather than widest at rear, from which it steadily narrows towards pointed snout), fewer temporals, longer tail, more numerous ventrals and subcaudals, and iris entirely golden orange (rather than uppermost sector only). Further distinguishable from Denisonia suta (Peters) by lack of pale stripe through eye, longer tail and more numerous subcaudals. |
| Comment | Venomous! Type species: Brachyaspis atriceps STORR 1980 is the type species of the genus Paroplocephalus KEOGH et al. 2000. Habitat: arboreal (Bush 2017). |
| Etymology | Named after its color, Latin “ater, atra, atrum” = dark or black, and “-ceps”, a short form of “caput” = head. |
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