Toxicocalamus preussi (STERNFELD, 1913)
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | Toxicocalamus preussi angusticinctus (BOGERT & MATALAS 1945) Toxicocalamus preussi preussi (STERNFELD 1913) |
Common Names | E: Preuss’s forest snake angusticinctus: Fly River forest snake preussi: Preuss’s Sepik forest snake |
Synonym | Ultrocalamus preussi STERNFELD 1913: 388 Toxicocalamus (Ultrocalamus) preussi — MCDOWELL 1969: 479 Toxicocalamus preussi — WELCH 1994: 113 Toxicocalamus preussi — KRAUS 2009 Toxicocalamus preussi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 733 Toxicocalamus preussi — O’SHEA et al. 2015 Toxicocalamus preussi angusticinctus (BOGERT & MATALAS 1945) Ultrocalamus preussi angusticinctus BOGERT & MATALAS 1945 Toxicocalamus preussi angusticinctus — O’SHEA 1996 Toxicocalamus preussi angusticinctus — O’SHEA et al. 2015 Toxicocalamus preussi preussi (STERNFELD 1913) Ultrocalamus preussi preussi STERNFELD 1913 Toxicocalamus preussi preussi — KRAUS 2009 (by implication) |
Distribution | Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea Type locality: Seleo Island, West Sepik Province angusticinctus: Papua New Guinea (Western Province); Type locality: Katau, at the mouth of the Binaturi River. The type locality is probably in correct and O’Shea & Kaiser suggest it was rather 400 km to the north of Katau, in the Upper Fly River region). |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZMB 23948 Holotype: AMNH 57512 from Palmer Junction, Fly River, Western Province [angusticinctus] |
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Comment | Habitat: fossorial (digging) Behavior: diurnal Venomous! Type species: Ultrocalamus preussi STERNFELD 1913: 388 is the type species of the genus Ultrocalamus STERNFELD 1913, now a synonym of Toxicocalamus. |
Etymology | Named after the Polish-born German naturalist Paul Preuss (1861-1926), who collected the holotype. |
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