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Forest Snakes
Toxicocalamus
Toxicocalamus is a genus of snakes in the family Elapidae. Most species are relatively small, the largest specimen known being the holotype of the recently described Toxicocalamus ernstmayri, which measures 1.1 m snout to vent (SVL) and 1.2 m in total length (TTL), with the second longest the holotype of T. grandis (880 mm SVL, 980 mm TTL). Most species are under 800 mm in length and several are the thickness of bootlaces. In general females have longer bodies...
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 24 known species
Owen Stanley Range Forest Snake
speciesToxicocalamus stanleyanus
Woodlark Forest Snake
speciesToxicocalamus longissimus
Preuss’s Forest Snake
speciesToxicocalamus preussi
Toxicocalamus vertebralis
speciesToxicocalamus vertebralis
Mount Rossel Forest Snake
speciesToxicocalamus holopelturus
Misima Island Forest Snake
speciesToxicocalamus misimae
Toxicocalamus ernstmayri
speciesToxicocalamus ernstmayri
Toxicocalamus cratermontanus
speciesToxicocalamus cratermontanus
Toxicocalamus nigrescens
speciesToxicocalamus nigrescens
Toxicocalamus mattisoni
speciesToxicocalamus mattisoni
Toxicocalamus pumehanae
speciesToxicocalamus pumehanae
Toxicocalamus goodenoughensis
speciesToxicocalamus goodenoughensis
Toxicocalamus spilorhynchus
speciesToxicocalamus spilorhynchus
Toxicocalamus nymani
speciesToxicocalamus nymani
Toxicocalamus longhagen
speciesToxicocalamus longhagen
Toxicocalamus lamingtoni
speciesToxicocalamus lamingtoni
Toxicocalamus atratus
speciesToxicocalamus atratus
Buerger's Forest Snake
speciesToxicocalamus buergersi
Toxicocalamus loennbergii
speciesToxicocalamus loennbergii
Loria Forest Snake
speciesToxicocalamus loriae
Spotted Forest Snake
speciesToxicocalamus spilolepidotus
Setekwa River Forest Snake
speciesToxicocalamus grandis
Toxicocalamus mintoni
speciesToxicocalamus mintoni
Toxicocalamus pachysomus
speciesToxicocalamus pachysomus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 35084.