Acrochordus

Acrochordus
Temporal range: Middle Miocene - present
Acrochordus arafurae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Acrochordoidea
Family: Acrochordidae
Bonaparte, 1831
Genus: Acrochordus
Hornstedt, 1787
Synonyms

Acrochordidae:

List
    • Acrochordina Bonaparte, 1831
    • Acrochordidae Bonaparte, 1840
    • Acrochorniens A.M.C. Duméril, 1853
    • Acrochordidae Jan, 1863
    • Acrochordinae Boulenger, 1893
    • Acrochordoidae McDowell, 1975
    • Acrochordini Dowling & Duellman, 1978

Acrochordus:

List
    • Acrochordus Hornstedt, 1787
    • Chersydrus Cuvier, 1817
    • Chersidrus Oken, 1817
    • Acrochordus Gray, 1825
    • Chersydreas Gray, 1825
    • Chershydrus Bonaparte, 1831
    • Verrucator Schlegel, 1837
    • Chersydraeas Gray, 1849
    • Potamophis Schmidt, 1852
    • Chersydraeus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
    • Acrochordus Boulenger, 1893

The Acrochordidae, commonly known as wart snakes, Java wart snakes, file snakes, elephant trunk snakes, or dogface snakes are a monogeneric family of snakes. The sole genus Acrochordus are basal aquatic snakes found in Australia and tropical Asia, with three species recognized.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.