Acrochordus arafurae

Taxobox
name = "Acrochordus arafurae"

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Acrochordidae
genus = "Acrochordus"
species = "A. arafurae"
binomial = "Acrochordus arafurae"
binomial_authority = McDowell, 1979
synonyms = * "Acrochordus javanicus" - Boulenger, 1893
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Flower, 1899
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Wall, 1903
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Lidth de Jeude, 1911
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Barbour, 1812
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Boulenger, 1914
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - de Rooij, 1917
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Kinghorn, 1929
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Thomson, 1935
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Barrett, 1950
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - De Haas, 1950
* "Achrochordus javanicus" - Mitchell, 1955
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Kinghorn, 1956
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Worrell, 1963
* "Achrochordus javanicus" - Cogger, 1964
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Mitchell, 1964
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Dunson & Dunson, 1973
* "Acrochordus javanicus" - Cogger, 1975
* "Acrochordus arafurae" - McDowell, 1979McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).]

:"Common names: Arafura file snake.""Acrochordus arafurae" is an aquatic snake species found in northern Australia and New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634831|taxon="Acrochordus arafurae"|year=2007|date=16 August]

Description

Adults grown to 8.25 ft (2.5 m) in length.Burnie D, Wilson DE. 2001. Animal. Dorling Kindersley. 624 pp. ISBN 0-7894-7764-5.] They have amazingly loose skin and are known to prey on large fish, such as eel-tailed catfish. Females are usually larger than males and they have been known to give birth to up to 17 young. The indigenous peoples of northern Australia often hunt these snakes as they are quite common. As the snakes are near immobilized without the support of water the hunters merely throw each newly caught snake on the bank and continue hunting until they have enough. In New Guinea the skin is used to make drums.

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References

External links

* [http://www.acrochordus.com/ Acrochordus.com]
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