Acrochordus arafurae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrochordoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Acrochordoidea

Familia: Acrochordidae
Genus: Acrochordus
Species:

Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979: 75

Holotype: AMNH 59887, adult ♂, collected by A.L. Rand (2nd Archbold-Rand Expedition), between February 1936–January 1937.
Type locality: “Papua New Guinea: Western Province: Lake Daviumb”.

McDowell, S.B. 1979. A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with special reference to those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part III. Boinae and Acrochordoidea (Reptilia, Serpentes). Journal of Herpetology 13(1): 1–92. DOI: 10.2307/1563761 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Acrochordus arafurae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 July 2018.
Tallowin, O., Parker, F., O'Shea, M., Cogger, H., Vanderduys, E., Amey, A., Hoskin, C. & Couper, P. 2018. IUCN: Acrochordus arafurae (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176764A21647516.
Acrochordus arafurae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).