Species Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979
Arafura Filesnake
- Acrochordus arafurae 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: 1-92 [75, fig. 27].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 59887, Lake Daviumbo, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. - Acrochordus javanicus [auctorum] Hornstedt, C.F. 1787. Beskrifning pa en Ny Orm fran Java. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 2 8: 306-308 [all literature records of Acrochordus javanicus in Australia/New Guinea prior to 1979 apply to the taxon currently known as Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Western Australian records unconfirmed; Extra-limital in New Guinea
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)
Ecological Descriptors
Aquatic, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, nectonic, nocturnal, piscivorous, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Semi-gregarious, perennially active, viviparous,.
General References
Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [207] (Australian records of Acrochordus javanicus are misidentifications of Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979)
Longman, H.A. 1916. Snakes and lizards from Queensland and the Northern Territory. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 5: 46-51 (as Acrochordus javanicus, natural history)
Magnusson, W.E. 1979. Production of an embryo by an Acrochordus javanicus isolated for seven years. Copeia 1979: 744-745 (arafurae as javanicus)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Arafura Filesnake)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |