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Arafura File Snake Acrochordus arafurae

Description

<h3 class="taxon_description_header"> Description from <select name="from" id="from"><option value="Eol">EOL</option> <option value="Inaturalist">iNaturalist</option> <option selected="selected" value="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</option></select> <a class="externallink ui" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrochordus_arafurae">View on Wikipedia →</a> </h3> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of snake</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><i><b>Acrochordus arafurae</b></i>, known by the common names <b>Arafura file snake</b>, <b>elephant trunk snake</b>, and <b>wrinkle file snake</b>, is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_animal" title="Aquatic animal">aquatic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">snake</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> found in northern Australia and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>. No subspecies are currently recognized.<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <p>This snake was first described by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Booker_McDowell_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Booker McDowell Jr.">Samuel Booker McDowell</a> in 1979<sup id="cite_ref-afd_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afd-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mc_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2></div> <p>Adults grown to 8.25 ft (2.5 m) in length.<sup id="cite_ref-Animal_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Animal-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have very loose skin and are known to prey on large fish, such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eel-tailed_catfish" title="Eel-tailed catfish">eel-tailed catfish</a>. Females are usually larger than males and they have been known to give birth to up to 17 young. The skin is used to make drums in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Aboriginal_language_and_culture">In Aboriginal language and culture</h2></div> <p>Arafura file snakes are often hunted by indigenous peoples of Northern Australia. </p> <p>In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bininj_Gun-Wok" class="mw-redirect" title="Bininj Gun-Wok">Kunwinjku</a> language of West Arnhem Land, the snakes are known as <i>kedjebe</i> (or <i>bekka</i> in Eastern dialects),<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yol%C5%8Bu_languages" title="Yolŋu languages">Yolŋu</a> language of East Arnhem Land they are called <i>djaykuŋ</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> among other names. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style> <div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-iucn-1"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-iucn_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style> <cite id="CITEREFSanders,_K.Guinea,_M.Cogger,_H.2010" class="citation journal cs1">Sanders, K.; Guinea, M. & Cogger, H. 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Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Family: Acrochordidae

Genus: Acrochordus

Species: Arafura File Snake Acrochordus arafurae