Acanthophis Daudin 1803
Description
Acanthophis Daudin, 1803
Type species. Boa antartica (= Acanthophis antarcticus) Shaw & Nodder, 1802, by monotypy.
Diagnosis. Species assigned to the genus Acanthophis are moderately large, stout terrestrial elapid species most similar to vipers (Viperidae) from other continents. Species within the genus have distinctive wide and stout heads anterior to a defined narrowing forebody that rapidly broadens to the widest point towards midbody. Tail slender, distal portion laterally compressed terminating in a tail spine.
Etymology. From the Greek words acanthi meaning ‘spine’ and ophis meaning ‘snake’, in reference to the terminal tail spine present on species within the genus.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Acanthophis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Squamata
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Daudin
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Acanthophis Daudin, 1803 sec. Maddock, Ellis, Doughty, Smith & Wüster, 2015
References
- Daudin, F. M. (1803) Histoire Naturelle, generale et particuliere des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Dufart, Paris, 365 pp.
- Shaw, G. & Nodder, F. P. (1802) Boa antarctica. Naturalist's Miscellany, 13, 535.