Cryptophis boschmai (BRONGERSMA & KNAAP VAN MEEUWEN, 1964)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Carpentaria whip snake
Synonym	Denisonia boschmai BRONGERSMA & KNAAP VAN MEEUWEN 1964: 553 Unechis boschmai — MENGDEN 1983 Unechis boschmai — COGGER 1983: 238 Rhinoplocephalus boschmai — WILSON & KNOWLES 1988 Rhinoplocephalus boschmai — HUTCHINSON 1990 Rhinoplocephalus boschmai — WELCH 1994: 105 Suta boschmai — SHINE 1994 Rhinoplocephalus boschmai — COGGER 2000: 677 Cryptophis boschmai — ESCORIZA BOJ 2005 Cryptophis boschmai — GREER 2006 (online) Cryptophis boschmai — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 464 Unechis boschmai crutchfieldi HOSER 2012 Rhinoplocephalus boschmai — WALLACH et al. 2014: 640 Cryptophis boschmai — COGGER 2014: 873 Cryptophis boschmai — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 110
Distribution	Australia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea, Indonesia (Irian Jaya) Type locality: Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: RMNH 10874 M
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2721 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983 and PARKER 1972. MCDOWELL 1970 considered Denisonia boschmai as a geographic variation of Suta carpentariae. Venomous!
Etymology	Named after Professor Dr. Hilbrand Boschma (1893-1976), a Dutch zoologist, herpetologist, and (primarily) expert on crustaceans.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Brongersma, L. D. & Knaap van Meeuwen, M. S. 1964. On a new species of Denisonia (Reptilia, Serpentes) from New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen 39: 550-554 [1964 ?] - 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 Hutchinson M N 1990. The generic classification of the Australian terrestrial elapid snakes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29 (3): 397-405 - 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 McDowell, Samuel B. 1970. On the status and relationships of the Solomon Island elapid snakes. Journal of Zoology, London 161: 145-190 - 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 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, Stephen K. & Knowles, David G. 1988. Australia's Reptiles: A Photographic Reference to the Terrestrial Reptiles of Australia. Cornstalk Publishing, Pymble, NSW, 447 pp. Worrell, E. 1961. Herpetological Name Changes. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 18—27. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/elapidae.pdf http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/snakes/snakedetail.asp?TaxName… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Elapidae/Cryptophis/boschmai Google images

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