Acrochordus granulatus ( Schneider, 1799 )

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Oxford, England) 64 (14), pp. 399-568 : 414

Acrochordus granulatus ( Schneider, 1799) Photo figures 9–11

Marine File Snake; Little File Snake; Wart Snake

Hydrus granulatus Schneider, 1799:243 .

Acrochordus granulatus, Cantor, 1847:59 .— Smith, 1943:134.— McDiarmid, Campbell, and Touré, 1999:227.— Gaulke and Altenbach, 1994:63.— Gaulke, 1999:278; 2011:232–233; figs. 153–154.— Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy, 2001:51 [18].— Bucol, Alcala, Averia, Alcala, and Alcala, 2011:112.— Siler and Sy, 2011:280, fig. 1.— Brown, Oliveros, Siler, Fernandez, Welton, Buenavente, Diesmos, and Diesmos, 2012:482.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:8.— Supsup, Puna, Asis, Redoblado, Panaguinit, Guinto, Rico, Diesmos, Brown, and Mallari, 2016:167.

Chersydrus granulatus, Gray, 1849:61 .— Taylor, 1922a:77, pl. 3, fig. 1; 1922d:136.

Chersydrus granulatus luzonensis Loveridge, 1938:209 .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— India (restricted by Smith [1943:134]). Type un-known .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION ( Map 2A [p. 113]).— Bantanyan, Calamian Ids. (Calauit), Cebu, Guimaras, Luzon (Prov.: Batangas, Cavite, Ilocos Norte, Laguna, Manila, [Manila Bay ], Quezon, Rizal), Masbate, Negros (Prov.: Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental), Palawan, Panay (Prov.: Iloilo), Siquijor.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Coastal waters from west coast of India (as far north as Bombay), Sri Lanka, east coast of India, coasts of Myanmar, Malaysia, and east throught the Indonesian Archipelago to the north coast of Australia and the Solomon Islands.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Acrochordus granulatus (locality unknown, Philippine Ids.) (KU 327186). Photo © CDS.