Acrochordus

Familia: Acrochordidae
Genus:
Species (3 + †1): A. arafurae – A. granulatus – A. javanicus – †A. dehmi

Acrochordus Hornstedt, 1787: 307

• Type species: Acrochordus javanicus Hornstedt, 1787, by monotypy.

• Chersydrus Cuvier, 1817: 75
  • Type species: Acrochordus fasciatus Shaw, 1802, by monotypy.
• Verrucator Merrem in Schlegel, 1837: 428 [nomen nudum]
  • Type species: Acrochordus javanicus Hornstedt, 1787, by monotypy.
• Potamophis Schmidt, 1852: 75 [preoccupied by Potamophis Cantor, 1836]
  • Type species: Acrochordus javanicus Hornstedt, 1787, by original designation.

• Hornstedt, C.F. 1787. Beskrifning på en Ny Orm från Java. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akadamiens Handlingar 8: 306–308. BHL Reference page. 

• Sanders, K.L., Mumpuni, Hamidy, A., Head, J.J. & Gower, D.J. 2010. Phylogeny and divergence times of filesnakes (Acrochordus): Inferences from morphology, fossils and three molecular loci. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(3): 857–867. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.031 Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Acrochordus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 August 2020.

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