Biology:Cryptophis nigrescens
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Short description: Species of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Cryptophis |
| Species: | C. nigrescens
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| Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862)
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Cryptophis nigrescens is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to eastern Australia .
Taxonomy
C. nigrescens was originally described as Hoplocephalus nigrescens by Albert Günther in 1862.[2]
Geographic range
C. nigrescens is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.[1]
Common names
Common names for C. nigrescens include short-tailed snake,[1] small-eyed snake,[3] and eastern small-eyed snake.[4]
Reproduction
C. nigrescens is viviparous.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cryptophis nigrescens ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. https://www.gbif.org/species/125423443. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ "Small-eyed Snake - Cryptophis nigrescens ". Queensland Museum. http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Reptiles/Snakes/Common+and+dangerous+species/Small-eyed+Snake#.U-I0OqMk_7Q. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ "Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862) - Eastern Small-eyed Snake". Atlas of Living Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/CRYPTOPHIS+NIGRESCENS. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Denisonia nigrescens, p. 343).
- Günther A (1862). "On new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 9: 124–132. (Hoplocephalus nigrescens, new species, p. 131 + Plate IX, figure 12).
Wikidata ☰ Q166393 entry
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