Species Antaioserpens warro (De Vis, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cacophis warro De Vis, C.W. 1884. Descriptions of a new snake with a synopsis of the genus Hoplocephalus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 138-140 [139].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J188, Warro Station, Port Curtis, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [237]
• Couper, P.J., Peck, S.R., Emery, J.-P. & Keogh. J.S. 2016. Two snakes from eastern Australia (Serpentes: Elapidae); a revised concept of Antaioserpens warro (De Vis) and a redescription of A. albiceps (Boulenger). Zootaxa 4097(3): 396–408

 

Generic Combinations

• Antaioserpens warro (De Vis, 1884). —
  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 [Date published September, 1985] [44]
  Greer, A.E. 1998. The Biology and Evolution of Australian Snakes. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons pp. i-xii, 1-350.
• Simoselaps warro (De Vis, 1884). —
  Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [236]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Mulga Lands (ML)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, fossorial, nocturnal, open forest, predator, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Oviparous.

 

General References

Storr, G.M. 1979. Revisionary notes on the genus Vermicella (Serpentes: Elapidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 8: 75-79 (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

Couper, P.J., Peck, S.R., Emery, J.-P. & Keogh. J.S. 2016. Two snakes from eastern Australia (Serpentes: Elapidae); a revised concept of Antaioserpens warro (De Vis) and a redescription of A. albiceps (Boulenger). Zootaxa 4097(3): 396–408 [398] (Warrego Burrowing Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2018	Antaioserpens Wells & Wellington, 1985	30-Mar-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)