Species profile—Acrochordus arafurae (Arafura file snake)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Acrochordidae (file snakes) → Acrochordus arafurae (Arafura file snake)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Acrochordidae (file snakes)
- Scientific name
- Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979
- Common name
- Arafura file snake
- WildNet taxon ID
- 586
- Synonym(s)
- Funkiacrochordus arafurae
Acrochordus javanicus - Alternate name(s)
- Arafura filesnake
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=586.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
