Biology:Toxicocalamus loriae
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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: | Toxicocalamus |
| Species: | T. loriae
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| Binomial name | |
| Toxicocalamus loriae (Boulenger, 1897)[2]
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Toxicocalamus loriae, also known commonly as the Loria forest snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to New Guinea.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, loriae, is in honor of Italian ethnologist Lamberto Loria.[4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. loriae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,830 m (6,000 ft).[1]
Behavior
T. loriae is diurnal and fossorial.[3]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tallowin O, O'Shea M, Parker F (2015). "Toxicocalamus loriae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T42493924A42493933. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42493924A42493933.en. Downloaded on 03 June 2020.
- ↑ Boulenger GA (1897). "An account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 38: 694–710 + Plates VI–VIII. (Apistocalamus loriae, new species, pp. 705–706 + Plate VIII, figure 1).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Toxicocalamus loriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Toxicocalamus loriae, p. 160).
Further reading
- O'Shea M, Allison A, Kaiser H (2018). "The taxonomic history of the enigmatic Papuan snake genus Toxicocalamus (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with the description of a new species from the Managalas Plateau of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, and a revised dichotomous key". Amphibia-Reptilia 39 (4): 403–433.
- O'Shea M, Parker F, Kaiser H (2015). "A New Species of New Guinea Worm-Eating Snake, Genus Toxicocalamus (Serpentes: Elapidae), From the Star Mountains of Western Province, Papua New Guinea, With a Revised Dichotomous Key to the Genus". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 161 (6): 241–264.
Wikidata ☰ Q3535987 entry
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