Species Cacophis squamulosus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
Golden-crowned Snake
- Pseudelaps squamulosus Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A. 1854. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 7(2) 781-1536 pp. [1235].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 7667, unknown (as Tasmania, errore). - Pseudelaps squamulosus Duméril, A.M.C. 1853. Prodrome général de la classification des serpents. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France 23: 399-536 [517] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Syntype(s). - Diemansia cucullata Günther, A. 1862. On new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 9: 52-59, 124-132 [129].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1946.1.17.58, 'neighbourhood of Sydney', NSW. - Pseudoelaps atropolios Jan, G. & Sordelli, F. 1873. Iconographie Générale des Ophidiens. Atlas. Milan : Jan & Sordelli 43 pp. [pl. 5 fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH 531 (ex Sydney, NSW (Krefft)), Australia (by implication).
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. [219]
Generic Combinations
- Cacophis squamulosus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, diurnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, tall forest, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Primarily lacertiphagous.
General References
Shine, R. 1980. Comparative ecology of three Australian snake species of the genus Cacophis (Serpentes: Elapidae). Copeia 1980: 831-838 (ecology)
Wells, R. 1980. Notes on Cacophis squamulosus. Herpetofauna 11: 26 (natural history)
Common Name References
Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [44] (Golden-crowned Snake)
History of changes
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