Cryptophis nigrostriatus (KREFFT, 1864)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Black-striped snake
Synonym	Hoplocephalus 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
Distribution	Australia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea (Southern Western Province) Type locality: neighbourhood of Rockhampton, Qld. (fide COGGER 1983)
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: lost (presumed), (possibly R131705, formerly 6660, see Shea & Sadlier, 1999) Holotype: ZMH 479, from Australia [Alecto dorsalis]
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (800 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Venomous!
Etymology	Named 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. 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 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
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/elapidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Elapidae/Cryptophis… Google images

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