Species Pseudoferania polylepis (Fisher, 1886)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hypsirhina polylepis Fischer, J.G. 1886. Herpetologische notizen. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften. Hamburg 9: 51-67 [62].

  Type data:

   Holotype MTKD D437 (destroyed), Fly River, Papua New Guinea.
• Pseudoferania macleayi Ogilby, J.D. 1890. Description of a new snake from the Herbert River District. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 51-52 [51].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R460, Ripple Creek, Herbert River, QLD.
• Pseudoferania harritosi 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 AM R72982, Daly River, upstream from 'Police Station Crossing', NT.

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [65].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ko Ko Gyi 1970. A revision of colubrid snakes of the sub-family Homalopsinae. University of Kansas Publications of the Museum of Natural History 20: 44-223
• 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.
• Murphy, J.C. 2011. The nomenclature and systematics of some Australasian homalopsid snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Homalopsidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59(2): 229-236

 

Generic Combinations

• Enhydris polylepis (Fischer, 1886).
• Pseudoferania polylepis (Fisher, 1886).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital in New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Feb-2023	SERPENTES	14-Feb-2023	MOVED
		03-May-2012	ADDED