''Cryptophis nigrescens'' is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to eastern

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Taxonomy

''Cryptophis nigrescens'' was described by Albert Günther in 1862, assigning the new species to ''Hoplocephalus''.

Geographic range

''Cryptophis nigrescens'' is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.''Cryptophis nigrescens''. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Common names

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s for the species include short-tailed snake, small-eyed snake, and eastern small-eyed snake.

Reproduction

''Cryptophis nigrescens'' is viviparous.

References

* Boulenger GA (1896). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (''Denisonia nigrescens'', p. 343). * Günther A (1862). "On new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series'' 9: 124–132. (''Hoplocephalus nigrescens'', new species, p. 131 + Plate IX, figure 12). nigrescens Venomous snakes Snakes of Australia Reptiles described in 1862 Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Elapidae-stub

Taxonomy

Geographic range

Common names

Reproduction

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