Cryptophis nigrescens explained

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.^[1]

Geographic range

Cryptophis nigrescens is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.^[2]

Common names

Common names for the species include short-tailed snake,^[2] small-eyed snake,^[3] and eastern small-eyed snake.^[4]

Reproduction

Cryptophis nigrescens is viviparous.^[2]

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).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862). Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 6 August 2014. 8 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808054342/http://www.gbif.org/species/125423443. dead.
2. Cryptophis nigrescens. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. Web site: Small-eyed Snake - Cryptophis nigrescens . Queensland Museum. 6 August 2014.
4. Web site: Cryptophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862) - Eastern Small-eyed Snake. Atlas of Living Australia. 6 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055120/http://bie.ala.org.au/species/CRYPTOPHIS+NIGRESCENS. 8 August 2014. dead.