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Toxicocalamus longhagen Roberts, Iova & Austin, 2022
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Toxicocalamus longhagen is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. It is endemic to Mount Hagen in New Guinea. The snake was first collected in 1967 and described to science as a new species in 2022.
Wikipedia contributors, Toxicocalamus longhagen; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T14:54:21.276314+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Toxicocalamus longhagen Roberts, Iova & Austin, 2022
- Name authority
- Roberts, Iova & Austin, 2022
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Toxicocalamus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyElapidae
- subfamilyHydrophiinae
- genusToxicocalamus
- speciesToxicocalamus longhagen Roberts, Iova & Austin, 2022
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Toxicocalamus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Star Mountains Worm-Eating SnakeToxicocalamus ernstmayri O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser, 2015 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Toxicocalamus mintoni Kraus, 2009 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mt Rossel forest snakeToxicocalamus holopelturus Mcdowell, 1969 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Owen Stanley Range forest snakeToxicocalamus stanleyanus Boulenger, 1903 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted forest snakeToxicocalamus spilolepidotus Mcdowell, 1969 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Toxicocalamus pachysomus Kraus, 2009 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Toxicocalamus nigrescens Kraus, 2017 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Managalas Plateau SnakeToxicocalamus pumehanae O'Shea, Allison & Kaiser, 2018 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Toxicocalamus goodenoughensis Roberts & Austin, 2020 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black forest snakeToxicocalamus atratus Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea, 2022 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mount Lamington forest snakeToxicocalamus lamingtoni (Kinghorn, 1928) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lönnberg’s forest snakeToxicocalamus loennbergii (Boulenger, 1908) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Toxicocalamus&species=longhagen Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:C8JFW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.