Cryptophis incredibilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
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: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Cryptophis
Species:

Cryptophis incredibilis (Wells & Wellington, 1985)

Holotype: AM unnumbered, adult indet., collected by Cogger et al. [unlocated fide Shea & Sadlier (1999: 66)]
Type locality: “Prince of Wales Island, Torres Strait, Queensland”.

Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page.
Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: Types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1–91. DOI: 10.3853/j.1031-8062.15.1999.1290 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cryptophis incredibilis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 October 2021.
Hoskin, C., Vanderduys, E., Amey, A., Couper, P. & Cogger, H. 2018. IUCN: Cryptophis incredibilis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42492897A42492903. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42492897A42492903.en. Accessed on 18 July 2025.