• Source: Cryptophis nigrescens

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.




Geographic range


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




Common names


Common names for the species include short-tailed snake, small-eyed snake, and eastern small-eyed snake.




Reproduction


Cryptophis nigrescens is viviparous.




References






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).

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