Toxicocalamus loriae, also known commonly as the Loria forest snake, is a species of venomous snake in the familyElapidae. The species is endemic to New Guinea (including some outlying islands) and occurs in both Western New Guinea (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea.[1][3]
↑ Boulenger GA (1897). "An account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova38: 694–710 + Plates VI–VIII. (Apistocalamus loriae, new species, pp. 705–706 + Plate VIII, figure 1).
Boulenger GA (1908). "Description of a new Elapine Snake of the Genus Apisthocalamus, Blgr., from New Guinea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series1 (3): 248–249. (Apisthocalamus loriae, new spelling, p. 249).
McDowell SB (1969). "Toxicocalamus, a New Guinea genus of snakes of the family Elapidae". Journal of Zoology159 (4): 443–511. (Toxicocalamus loriae, new combination, p. 455).
O'Shea M, Allison A, Kaiser H (2018). "The taxonomic history of the enigmatic Papuan snake genus Toxicocalamus (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with the description of a new species from the Managalas Plateau of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, and a revised dichotomous key". Amphibia-Reptilia39 (4): 403–433.
O'Shea M, Parker F, Kaiser H (2015). "A New Species of New Guinea Worm-Eating Snake, Genus Toxicocalamus (Serpentes: Elapidae), From the Star Mountains of Western Province, Papua New Guinea, With a Revised Dichotomous Key to the Genus". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology161 (6): 241–264.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.