Author: John C. Murphy

Abstract Here, we report anticipatory behaviors of sea snakes and provide the first evidence for a sensory mechanism by which they survive a catastrophic cyclone. Sea kraits (Laticauda spp.) are…

Brachyorrhos wallacei Murphy, Mumpuni, de Lang, Gower, and Sanders, 2012a: 510. Holotype: BJE0 1059. Type locality: Jailolo, Halmahera, Indonesia. Brachyorrhos albus – Boulenger, 1893, 1: 305. Distribution: Halmahera, Indonesia (Murphy…

Raclitia indica Gray 1842 Zoological Miscellany, p. 67. Type locality: Malay Peninsula. Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.2.36, 1946.1.2.46. Hypsirhina indica – Boulenger, 1896 Catalogue of Snakes in the British Museum.3:4. Enhydris indica…

Cerberus cinereus Gray, 1849 (in part), Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum, p. 64. Cerberus microlepis Boulenger, 1896 Catalogue of Snakes in the…

Hydrus rynchops Schneider, 1799, 1: 246. Holotype: Based on illustration in Russell’s Indian Serpents, 23, pl. 17, 1796. Type Locality: Ganjam, India. Enhydris rynchops: Sonnini & Latreille, 1801 4: 202.…

Elaps boaeformis Schneider, 1801, 2: 301. Homalopsis molurus: Boie, 1826: 213. Python boaeformis: Merrem, 1820: 89. Homalopsis schneiderii Schlegel, 1837: 341. Homalopsis rhinchops: Cantor, 1847: 91. Cerberus acutus Gray, 1849:…

Cerberus rynchops: Gyi, 1970: 159. Cerberus dunsoni Murphy, Voris and Karns, 2012b: 11. Holotype: AMNH 116021. Type Locality: Arakabesang (formerly Ngerekebesang) Island. Distribution: Palau Islands, Micronesia (Murphy et al., 2012b).…

Homalopsis australis Gray, 1842: 59–68. Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.40. Type locality: Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia. Cerberus australis: Gray, 1849a: 65. Cerberus rynchops novaeguineae Loveridge,1948: 388. Holotype: MCZ 22818. Type locality:…

Brachyorrhos jobiensis – Peters and Doria, 1878: 371. Calamophis katesandersae Murphy, 2012: 518. Holotype: MSNG 56343–1. Type locality: Andia, West Papua. Distribution: Known only from type locality, Andia, West Papua…

Atractocephalus raffrayi Sauvage, 1879: 62. Holotype: MNHN 5174. Type locality: Ternate, Indonesia. Brachyorrhos albusvar conjunctus Fischer, 1879 (1880): 879. Brachyorrhos albus– Boulenger, 1893, 1: 305. Brachyorrhos raffrayi– Murphy et al.,…

Calamophis jobiensis Meyer, 1874: 135. Holotype: MTKD 1026, destroyed in World War II. Type Locality: Ansus, Yapen, Indonesia. Brachyorrhos jobiensis – Peters and Doria,1878: 371. Brachyorrhos albus – Boulenger, 1893,…

Calamophis ruuddelangi Murphy, 2012: 520. Holotype: MNHN 5175. Type locality: Ambuak, West Papua, Indonesia. Brachyorrhos jobiensis – Peters and Doria, 1878: 371. Distribution: Known only from the type locality and…

Rabdion gastrotaenia Bleeker, 1860: 286. Holotype: BMNH 63.12.4.25. Note that RMNH 3977 from “O-I Archipel” (= East Indies Archipelago) is described as a “co-type” for this species, but it has…

Calamophis ruuddelangi Murphy, 2012: 520. Holotype: MNHN 5175. Type locality: Ambuak, West Papua, Indonesia. Brachyorrhos jobiensis – Peters and Doria, 1878: 371. Distribution: Known only from the type locality and…

Calamophis sharonbrooksae Murphy, 2012: 521. Holotype: MSNG 30193–1. Type locality: Mt. Arfak, West Papua, Indonesia. Brachyorrhos jobiensis – Peters and Doria, 1878: 371. Distribution: Known only from type locality. Diagnosis:…

Bitia hydroides Gray, 1842: 64. Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.38. Type locality: Unknown. Homalopsis hydrina Cantor, 1847: 104. Holotype: possibly in the ZSI collection, Calcutta, India. Type locality: sea off Kedah Coast,…

Brachyorrhos albus Bleeker, 1857c: 472; 1860: 286. Karnsophis siantaris Murphy and Voris, 2013: 142 Holotype: USNM 103578, adult male from Siantar, Sumatera Utara, Sumatra, Indonesia. Distribution: Known from type locality,…

Cantoria violacea Girard, 1858: 182. Holotype: USNM 5523.Type Locality: near Singapore. Hydrodipsas elapiformis Peters, 1859: 270, fig 1. Holotype: Berlin Museum. Type locality: Sarawak. Hemiodonotus elapiformis – Jan, 1863: 79.…

Coluber albus Linnaeus 1758: 128. Holotype: NRM19. Type Locality: “Indiis” (Ambon, Indonesia). Brachyorrhos albus – Kuhl in Schlegel, 1826: 236. Calamaria brachyorrhos Müller, 1857: 39. Distribution: Indonesian islands of Seram…

Phytolophis punctata Gray,1849 Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum, p. 68. Type locality “India” (in error). Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.37. Eurostus heteraspis Bleeker, 1859…