Species Cryptophis pallidiceps (Günther, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hoplocephalus pallidiceps Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xvi 281 pp. [214].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.1.18.88, NW Australia, Port Essington, NT and NE Australia (errore); original BMNH records show that the correct locality is NW Australia; BMNH 1946.1.20.64–65, Port Essington.

 

Generic Combinations

• Cryptophis pallidiceps (Günther, 1858).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Nocturnal, open forest, predator, tall open shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Viviparous, primarily lacertiphagous.

 

General References

Cogger, H.G. & Lindner, D.A. 1974. Frogs and reptiles in fauna survey of the Port Essington District, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory of Australia. In Frith, H.J. & Calaby, J.H. (eds) CSIRO Div. Wildl. Res. Tech. Pap. 28: 63–107. (natural history)

Smith, L.A. 1978. The elapid snakes Denisonia pallidiceps and Denisonia suta in the Kimberleys of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 14: 75-76 (distribution)

 

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] (Northern Small-eyed Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		26-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)