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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Pygmy Copperhead
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Lepidosauria
()
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Elapidae
()
- Subfamily:
Hydrophiinae
()
- Genus:
Austrelaps
()
- Worrell, 1963
- Specific name:
labialis
- (Jan, 1859)
- Form:
of Austrelaps
superbus.
- Scientific name: - Austrelaps labialis (Jan, 1859)
- Form:
of Austrelaps
superbus.
- Specific name:
labialis
- (Jan, 1859)
- Genus:
Austrelaps
(
- Subfamily:
Hydrophiinae
(
- Family:
Elapidae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Lepidosauria
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Alecto labialis Jan 1859: 128 • Austrelaps labialis — Cogger 2000: 770 • Austrelaps labialis — Rawlinson 1991 • Austrelaps labialis — Welch 1994: 27 • Austrelaps superbus — Cogger 1983: 218 • Denisonia superba BOULENGER< /i> (Part. ?) 1896
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Holotype: ZMG (presumed lost), from Australia. Neotype
:
designated by Rawlinson (1991). Formerly included
as part of Austrelaps
superbus.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Austrelaps
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. labialis (Pygmy Copperhead) · A. ramsayi (Highlands Copperhead) · A. superbus (Lowlands Copperhead)
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Further Reading
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bird (1994) Herpetofauna (SYDNEY) 24 (2): 46-47
- Cogger (2000) Rept. Amph. of Australia, 6th ed.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Jan (1859) Rev. Mag. Zool., Paris (2) 10 and (2) (11-12): 122-130
- Rawlinson (1969) Proc. R. Soc. Vict. 82: 113-128
- Rawlinson (1991) ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA PROCEEDINGS 103 (2): 125-135
- Read et al. (1991) Herpetofauna (SYDNEY) 21 (2): 1-6
Notes
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Contributors
- Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Austrelaps labialis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2688432
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-995
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13847866
- IUCN ID: 193595
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2375
