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    Species Accepted

    Acrochordus arafurae Mcdowell, 1979

    Arafura filesnake

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
      Acrocordo di Arafura Italian
      Arafura filesnake English
      Arafura-Warzenschlange German
      Arafura-vorteslange Danish
      Brodawkowiec arafurski Polish
      Filesnake English
      Serpente lima di Arafura Italian
      Serpiente Amarilla de Arafura Spanish
      bradavičník arafurský Czech
      Арафурская бородавчатая змея Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      24 results
      Jolly, C., Schembri, B., & Macdonald, S. (2023). Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
      Eipper T, & Eipper S. (2024). SNAKES OF AUSTRALIA. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 368 Pp.
      O’Shea,M. (1996). A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea. Independent Publishing, Port Moresby, Xii + 239 Pp.
      Burger W. L. and Natsuno, T. (1974). A new genus for the Arafura Smooth Seasnake and redefinitions of other seasnake genera. The Snake 6: 61-75.
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Shine, R. (1986). Predation upon filesnakes (Acrochordus arafurae) by aboriginal hunters: selectivity with respect to size, sex and reproductive condition. Copeia 1986 (1): 238-239.
      McDowell, S. B. (1979). A Catalogue of the Snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with Special Reference to Those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part III. Boinae and Acrochordoidea (Reptilia, Serpentes). Journal of Herpetology. 13(1): 1.
      Booth, Warren; Gordon W. Schuett. (2015). The emerging phylogenetic pattern of parthenogenesis in snakes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 118 (2): 172–186, DOI: 10.1111/Bij.12744.
      O’Shea, M. (2018). The Book of Snakes. Ivy Press / Quarto Publishing, London,.
      Wilson, S., & Swan, G. (2010). A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 Pp.

      Citation

      Acrochordus arafurae Mcdowell, 1979 in undefined