Antaioserpens warro (DE VIS, 1884)
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Antaioserpens warro
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Warrego Burrowing Snake |
| Synonym | Cacophis warro DE VIS 1884: 139 Pseudelaps warro — BOULENGER 1896: 320 Rhinelaps warro — WORRELL 1960 Simoselaps warro — COGGER 1975 Furina warro — STORR 1981 Simoselaps warro — COGGER 1983: 236 Antaioserpens warro — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 44 Brachyurophis warro Simoselaps warro — HUTCHINSON 1990 Simoselaps warro — WELCH 1994: 109 Antairoserpens warro — GREER 1997: 180 (in error) Simoselaps warro — HORNER 1998 Simoselaps warro — COGGER 2000: 688 Antaioserpens warro — SCANLON & LEE 2004 Antairoserpens warro — CLAYTON et al. 2006 Antairoserpens warro — WILSON & SWAN 2008 Antairoserpens warro — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 456 Antaioserpens warro — WALLACH et al. 2014: 43 Antaioserpens warro — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 89 |
| Distribution | Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Warro Station, Port Curtis, Qld. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: QM J188 Holotype: lost (presumed), from Stannary Hills, Qld. [Denisonia rostralis]. Holotype: NRM (NHRM) 2454, from Cairns, Qld. [Rhynchelaps fuscicollis]. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A. warro is distinguished from all other Australia elapid snakes by the following suite of characters: eyes small; snout weakly shovel shaped, rostral scale lacking an acute transverse cutting edge; nasal and preocular scale separated by prefrontal / supralabial contact; two primary temporal scales; 15 midbody rows; subcaudals divided; a black bar between the eyes and another broad black bar across the nape; dorsal body scales irregularly dark-edged producing a speckled pattern. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 588 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983. Venomous! Type species: Cacophis warro DE VIS 1884: 139 is the type species of the genus Antaioserpens WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 44. According to Scanlon et al. 2004 Antaioserpens is a sister genus to Simoselaps, hence A. warro may have stayed in Simoselaps. Antaioserpens is placed into the Hydrophiinae based on Couper et al. 2016 and Strickland et al. 2016. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. The genus Antaioserpens was named after the Greek Antaios, a giant wrestler whose strength was renewed when he touched the earth" (Wells & Wellington, 1985). |
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