Cryptophis nigrescens
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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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| Binomial name | |
| 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
Cryptophis nigrescens was described by Albert Günther in 1862, assigning the new species to Hoplocephalus.[2]
Geographic range
Cryptophis nigrescens is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.[1]
Common names
Common names for the species include short-tailed snake,[1] small-eyed snake,[3] and eastern small-eyed snake.[4]
Reproduction
Cryptophis nigrescens is viviparous.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Cryptophis nigrescens. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Small-eyed Snake - Cryptophis nigrescens ". Queensland Museum. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862) - Eastern Small-eyed Snake". Atlas of Living Australia. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. 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).
