Elapognathus coronatus

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: Elapognathus
Species:

Elapognathus coronatus (Schlegel, 1837)

Lectotype: MNHN 321 (formerly MNHN 4696), ♂, collected by J.R.C. Quoy & J.P. Gaimard [Coquille or Astrolabe Voyage] between 1822–1829. [designated by Coventry & Rawlinson (1980: 67)]
Type locality: “King George Sound, Western Australia”.

Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. Volume 2. M.H. Schonekat: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 606 pp. BHL Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Elapognathus coronatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 May 2021.
Gaikhorst, G., Sanderson, C., Craig, M., Lloyd, R. & Valentine, L. 2017. IUCN: Elapognathus coronatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102709784A102709818. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102709784A102709818.en