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Cryptophis nigrostriatus (KREFFT, 1864)

IUCN Red List - Cryptophis nigrostriatus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaElapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Black-striped snake 
SynonymHoplocephalus nigrostriatus KREFFT 1864: 181
Hoplocephalus nigro-striatus KREFFT 1865: 67
Alecto dorsalis JAN & SORDELLI 1873 (fide COGGER 1983)
Denisonia nigrostriata — BOULENGER 1896: 343
Parasuta nigrostriata — WORRELL 1961: 26
Suta nigrostriata — PARKER 1972
Unechis nigrostriatus — COGGER 1975
Unechis nigrostriatus — COGGER 1983: 239
Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus — STORR 1984
Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus — HUTCHINSON 1990
Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus — WELCH 1994: 105
Suta nigrostriatus — SHINE 1994
Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus — COGGER 2000: 679
Cryptophis nigrostriatus — ESCORIZA BOJ 2005
Cryptophis nigrostriata — GREER 2006 (online)
Cryptophis nigrostriatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 464
Unechis durhami HOSER 2012
Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 641
Cryptophis nigrostriatus — COGGER 2014: 875
Cryptophis nigrostriatus — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 113 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland),
Papua New Guinea (Southern Western Province)

Type locality: neighbourhood of Rockhampton, Qld. (fide COGGER 1983)  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: lost (presumed), (possibly R131705, formerly 6660, see Shea & Sadlier, 1999)
Holotype: ZMH 479, from Australia [Alecto dorsalis] 
DiagnosisUnfortunately 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 800 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin niger, nigra, nigrum = black or dark, and stria = originally furrow or groove, but usually used for stripe, referring to the dark stripe on the dorsum of the species. 
References
  • Brischoux F, Pizzatto L, Shine R. 2010. Insights into the adaptive significance of vertical pupil shape in snakes. J Evol Biol. 23(9): 1878-85. - 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.
  • Eipper T & Eipper S 2024. SNAKES OF AUSTRALIA. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 368 pp. - get paper here
  • Escoriza Boj, D. 2005. Australia. Reptiles and Amphibians, Part 1: Rainforest. Reptilia (GB) (40): 70-75 - get paper here
  • Hoser, R.T. 2012. Some new small-eyed snakes from Australia and New Guinea (Serpentes: Elapidae). Australasian J. Herpetol. 13:3–7. - get paper here
  • Jan, G. & Sordelli, F. 1873. Iconographie Générale des Ophidiens. Atlas 1860-1881. Milan: Jan & Sordelli, 50 livr. - get paper here
  • Kaiser, H.; Crother, B.I.; Kelly, C.M.R.; Luiselli, L.; O’Shea, M.; Ota, H.; Passos, P.; Schleip, W.D. & Wüster, W. 2013. Best Practices: In the 21st Century, Taxonomic Decisions in Herpetology are Acceptable Only When Supported by a Body of Evidence and Published via Peer-Review. Herpetological Review 44 (1): 8-23
  • Krefft, G. 1864. Descriptions of three new species of Australian snakes. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864: 180-182 - get paper here
  • Krefft, G. 1865. Description of three new species of Australian snakes. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 15: 66-68 - get paper here
  • Kuch, U. 2004. Record of the Black-striped Snake, Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus (Krefft, 1864) from Papua, Indonesia. Herpetozoa 17 (3/4):193-194 - get paper here
  • O’Shea, M. 2018. The Book of Snakes. Ivy Press / Quarto Publishing, London, - get paper here
  • O’Shea,M. 1996. A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea. Independent Publishing, Port Moresby, xii + 239 pp. - get paper here
  • Parker, F. 1972. Snakes of the elapid genus Suta in New Guinea. Papua New Guinea Sci. Soc. Proc. 23: 13-17.
  • Shine, Richard 1994. Sexual size dimorphism in snakes revisited. Copeia 1994 (2): 326-346 - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - 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.
  • Worrell, E. 1961. Herpetological Name Changes. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 18—27. - get paper here
 
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