Family ACROCHORDIDAE Bonaparte, 1831
Introduction
A family (commonly called File Snakes) of three aquatic species within a single genus; two species occur in Australia. This group is found from India through South-East Asia and the Indo-Malayan Archipelago to New Guinea and Australia.
Diagnosis
Characterised in Australia by: skin with small finely keeled and pointed scales the texture of a coarse file or rasp; scales more or less uniform in size around the body, without enlarged ventral scales; more than 80 scales around middle of body; a series of loreal scales; tail prehensile; teeth solid and lacking venom glands.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | SERPENTES | 27-Jan-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |