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Acrochordus javanicus HORNSTEDT, 1787

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Higher TaxaAcrochordidae, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Javan File Snake, Elephant Trunk Snake
G: Java-Warzenschlange 
SynonymAcrochordus javanicus HORNSTEDT 1787: 307
Acrochordus javanicus — SHAW & NODDER 1793: plate 148
Acrochordus javensis (sic) — DAUDIN 1803
Acrochordus javanicus — KUHL 1824
Potamophis javanica — SCHMIDT 1852
Acrochordus Javanicus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 35
Acrochordus javanicus — BOULENGER 1893: 173
Acrochordus javanicus — SMITH 1943
Acrochordus javanicus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 297
Acrochordus javanicus — COX et al. 1998: 17
Acrochordus javanicus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 228
Acrochordus javanicus — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Acrochordus javanicus — COX et al. 2012: 71
Acrochordus javanicus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 7 
DistributionIndonesia (Borneo, Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra; exact range in eastern Indonesia unknown);
Cambodia; Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia);
Singapore (?); Thailand; Vietnam.

Type locality: Java  
Reproductionviviparous 
TypesHolotype: lost, formerly NRM 7263, now lost fide Erik Åhlander, pers. comm., 2 Aug 2017) 
Diagnosis 
CommentHabitat: marine

Type species: Acrochordus javanicus HORNSTEDT 1787 is the type species of the genus Acrochordus HORNSTEDT 1787. 
EtymologyThe Genus-name Acrochordus comes from the Greek word ‘Ακρόχορδων (Acrochordon)’, which means ‘wart’, referring to the warty appearance of this snake. 
References
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
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  • Cox, Merel J.; Hoover, M.F.; Chanhome, Lawan & Thirakhupt,Kumthorn 2012. The Snakes of Thailand. Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History, 845 pp.
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