Species Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel, 1837)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Homalopsis leucobalia Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens. Partie Générale et Partie Descriptive. La Haye : Kips & Stockum Vol. 2 xv 606 pp. [345, pl. 13].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH 1161, Timor, Indonesia.
• Fordonia unicolor Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Trustees of the British Museum xv 125 pp. [77].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH iii.22.2a–b, Borneo.
• Hemiodontus chalybaeus Jan, G. 1863. Elenco Sistematico Degli Ofidi Descritti e Disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. Milan : A. Lombardi 143 pp. [79].

  Type data:

   Holotype MSNM, Singapore.
• Fordonia bicolor Theobald, W. 1868. Catalogue of the reptiles of British Burma, embracing the Provinces of Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim; with descriptions of new or little-known species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 10: 4-67 [56].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (not found), near Rangoon, Burma.
• Fordonia papuensis Macleay, W. 1877. The ophidians of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 33-41 [1878 on title page] [35].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM R31903–5, Mawatta, Binaturi River (as Katow), Papua New Guinea.
• Fordonia variabilis Macleay, W. 1878. Notes on a collection of snakes from Port Darwin. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 219-222 [219].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 3 specimens (not found), Port Darwin, NT.

 

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. [212]

 

Generic Combinations

• Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel, 1837).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Amphibious, estuary, mangrove.

 

General References

Kopstein, F. 1931. Herpetologische notizen, 4. Fordonia leucobalia Schlegel and Cerberus rhynchops Schneider. Treubia 13: 1-4 (natural history)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (White-bellied Mangrove Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Feb-2023	SERPENTES	14-Feb-2023	MOVED
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)