Species Cerberus australis (Gray, 1842)
Australian Bockadam
- Homalopsis australis Gray, J.E. 1842. Monographic synopsis of the water snakes, or the family Hydridae. pp. 59-68 in Gray, J.E. (ed.). The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Würz & Co. [65].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1946.1.2.40, Port Essington, NT. - Cerberus montgomeryi 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] [43].
Type data:
Holotype NTM none cited ('…a small adult specimen in the Northern Territory Museum, Darwin'), Edward River, western Cape York Peninsula, QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Cerberus australis (Gray, 1842).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Amphibious, estuary, mangrove, noctidiurnal, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Feeds on fish and small crustaceans.
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. [210] (Homalopsis australis recognised as a junior synonym of Cerberus rynchops (Schneider, 1799))
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Australian Bockadam)
History of changes
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| 14-Feb-2023 | SERPENTES | 14-Feb-2023 | MOVED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | SERPENTES | 27-Jan-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 19-Nov-2010 | MODIFIED |