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Antaioserpens warro (DE VIS, 1884)

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Higher TaxaElapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Warrego Burrowing Snake 
SynonymCacophis 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 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland)

Type locality: Warro Station, Port Curtis, Qld.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: QM J188
Holotype: lost (presumed), from Stannary Hills, Qld. [Denisonia rostralis].
Holotype: NRM (NHRM) 2454, from Cairns, Qld. [Rhynchelaps fuscicollis]. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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.


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CommentSynonymy 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. 
References
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1898. Description of two new snakes from Queensland. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 2: 414 - get paper here
  • Clayton, M.; Wombey, J.C.; Mason, I.J.; Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, 162 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • De Vis, C. W. 1884. Descriptions of a new snake with a synopsis of the genus Hoplocephalus. Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 1: 138-140 - get paper here
  • Eipper T & Eipper S 2024. SNAKES OF AUSTRALIA. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 368 pp. - get paper here
  • Greer, A. E. 1997. The biology and evolution of Australian snakes. Surrey, Beatty and Sons, Sydney, 350 pp.
  • Horner, P. 1998. Simoselaps morrisi sp. nov. (Elapidae), a new species of snake of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, 14: 63-70.
  • Scanlon, John D.; Lee, Michael S. Y. 2004. Phylogeny of Australasian venomous snakes (Colubroidea, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae) based on phenotypic and molecular evidence. Zoologica Scripta 33(4):335-366 - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M. 1979. Revisionary notes on the genus Vermicella (Serpentes: Elapidae). Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 8 (1): 75-79 - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M. 1981. The genus Furina (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 9: 119-123 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
  • Wilson,S. & Swan, G. 2008. A complete guide to the Reptiles of Australia, 2nd ed. Princeton University Press
 
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