Cryptophis nigrescens

Cryptophis nigrescens
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Cryptophis
Species:	C. nigrescens
Binomial name
Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862)
Synonyms[1]
Hoplocephalus nigrescens Günther, 1862 Alecto permixta Jan, 1863 Hoplocephalus assimilis Macleay, 1885 Denisonia nigrescens — Boulenger, 1896 Cryptophis nigrescens — Worrell, 1961 Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens — Hutchinson, 1990 Cryptophis nigrescens — Cogger, 2014

Cryptophis nigrescens is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to eastern Australia.

Taxonomy

Cryptophis nigrescens was described by Albert Günther in 1862, assigning the new species to Hoplocephalus.[2]

Geographic range

Cryptophis nigrescens is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.[1]

Common names

Common names for the species include short-tailed snake,[1] small-eyed snake,[3] and eastern small-eyed snake.[4]

Reproduction

Cryptophis nigrescens is viviparous.[1]

References

1. Cryptophis nigrescens. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. "Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
3. "Small-eyed Snake - Cryptophis nigrescens ". Queensland Museum. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
4. "Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862) - Eastern Small-eyed Snake". Atlas of Living Australia. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Denisonia nigrescens, p. 343).
• Günther A (1862). "On new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 9: 124–132. (Hoplocephalus nigrescens, new species, p. 131 + Plate IX, figure 12).