Species

Emydocephalus orarius

Emydocephalus orarius · described by NANKIVELL, GOIRAN, HOURSTON, SHINE, RASMUSSEN, THOMSON & SANDERS 2020

Emydocephalus annulatus, a close relative of Emydocephalus orarius

Pictured: Emydocephalus annulatus, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Ben Keen, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Emydocephalus orarius
First described
NANKIVELL, GOIRAN, HOURSTON, SHINE, RASMUSSEN, THOMSON & SANDERS 2020
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Emydocephalus

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree