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[English name: Marine File Snake; Japanese name: Hime-yasuri-hebi] (
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Measurements shown in
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); 156 mid-body scales; 10 scales eyeeye; 5 scales eyelip on each side; 5/6 (left/right) scales nariseye; 14 supralabial scales on each side; 18 infralabial scales on each side. Multiple tumors on body surface. Head dark brown with pale yellow spots (
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); body to tail alternating blackish-brown and pale yellow bands; dark brown bands longer at dorsal midline than toward venter (
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Table 1. Each measurement and counts of specimens of
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Fig. 1. Specimen labels and condition of
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Fig. 2. Enlarged view of the head of
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School collection No. 3250 at KUM. (a) Lateral, (b) dorsal, and (c) ventral.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[181,321,1695,1719]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Distribution.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName box="[346,587,1695,1719]" class="Reptilia" family="Acrochordidae" genus="Acrochordus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="granulatus">
<emphasis box="[346,587,1695,1719]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Acrochordus granulatus</emphasis>
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is distributed in northern
<collectingCountry box="[255,347,1727,1751]" name="Australia" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Australia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Cogger, H. G." box="[362,497,1728,1752]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" refId="ref1700" refString="Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Victoria, 1096 pp." type="book" year="2014">Cogger 2014</bibRefCitation>
), continental coastal areas from the Indian Peninsula to the Malay Peninsula and Indochina Peninsula (
<bibRefCitation author="Cox, M. J. &amp; van Dijk, P. P. &amp; Nabhitabhata, J. &amp; Thirakhupt, K." box="[334,494,1792,1817]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" refId="ref1725" refString="Cox, M. J., van Dijk, P. P., Nabhitabhata, J., and Thirakhupt, K. 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. New Holland Publishers, London, 144 pp." type="book" year="1998">Cox et al. 1998</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Nguyen, S. V. &amp; Ho, C. T. &amp; Nguyen, T. Q." box="[506,702,1792,1817]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" refId="ref2205" refString="Nguyen, S. V., Ho, C. T., and Nguyen, T. Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp." type="book" year="2009">Nguyen et al. 2009</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Murthy, T. S. N." pageId="1" pageNumber="2" refId="ref2137" refString="Murthy, T. S. N. 2010. The ReptileFauna of India. B. R. Publishing, New Delhi, 332 pp." type="book" year="2010">Murthy 2010</bibRefCitation>
), Hainan Island (
<bibRefCitation author="Huang, Z. J." box="[431,562,1825,1849]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="336" refId="ref1850" refString="Huang, Z. J. 1963. A new subfamily record (Acrochordinae) of the Chinese Serpentes - Acrochordus granulatus (Gray). Acta Zoologica Sinica 15: 336. [In Chinese]" type="journal article" year="1963">Huang 1963</bibRefCitation>
), the Sunda Islands (
<bibRefCitation author="de Rooij, N." box="[163,311,1857,1882]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" refId="ref1777" refString="de Rooij, N. 1917. The Reptiles of the Indo - Australian Archipelago. II. Ophidia. E. J. Brill, Leiden, xiv + 334 pp." type="book" year="1917">de Rooij 1917</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Stuebing, R. B. &amp; Inger, R. F. &amp; Lardner, B." box="[322,527,1857,1882]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" refId="ref2384" refString="Stuebing, R. B., Inger, R. F., and Lardner, B. 2014. A Field Guide to the Snakes of Borneo, Second Edition. Natural History Publication, Kota Kinabalu, viii + 310 pp." type="book" year="2014">Stuebing et al. 2014</bibRefCitation>
) and the
<collectingCountry name="Philippines" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Philippine Islands</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Dunson, W. A. &amp; Minton, S. A." box="[228,512,1890,1914]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="281 - 286" refId="ref1810" refString="Dunson, W. A. and Minton, S. A. 1978. Diversity, distribution, and ecology of Philippine marine snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes). Journal of Herpetology 12: 281 - 286." type="journal article" year="1978">Dunson and Minton 1978</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Bernstein, J. M. &amp; Bautista, J." pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="272 - 273" refId="ref1660" refString="Bernstein, J. M. and Bautista, J. 2020. Geographic distribution: Acrochordus granulatus (Little File Snake). Philippines: Camarines Sur: Magarao Province. Herpetological Review 51: 272 - 273." type="journal article" year="2020">Bernstein and Bautista 2020</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="1.[156,767,1565,2077]" lastBlockId="1.[820,1432,1565,2077]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[181,281,1955,1979]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Remarks.</emphasis>
This specimen agrees well with the morphological characteristics of
<taxonomicName box="[409,545,1988,2012]" class="Reptilia" family="Acrochordidae" genus="Acrochordus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="granulatus">
<emphasis box="[409,545,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">A. granulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
described by
<bibRefCitation author="Sanders, K. L. &amp; Mumpuni &amp; Hamidy, A. &amp; Head, J. J. &amp; Gower, D. J." pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="857 - 867" refId="ref2239" refString="Sanders, K. L., Mumpuni, Hamidy, A., Head, J. J., and Gower, D. J. 2010. Phylogeny and divergence times of filesnakes (Acrochordus): Inferences from morphology, fossils and three molecular loci. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56: 857 - 867." type="journal article" year="2010">Sanders et al. (2010)</bibRefCitation>
(
<tableCitation box="[296,373,2020,2044]" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="1.[821,869,190,212]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Table 1. Each measurement and counts of specimens of Acrochordus granulatus. Left and right counts are shown as left/right." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF7C66314F17FFBBFCC5FF58FA8B11E2" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" tableUuid="DF7C66314F17FFBBFCC5FF58FA8B11E2">Table 1</tableCitation>
). It was identified as “Sea snake” (including
<taxonomicName authorityName="Laurenti" authorityYear="1768" box="[240,340,2053,2077]" class="Reptilia" family="Elapidae" genus="Laticauda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[240,340,2053,2077]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Laticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and as
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Laidlaw" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[432,577,2053,2077]" class="Reptilia" family="Elapidae" genus="Hydrophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="annandalei">
<emphasis box="[432,577,2053,2077]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">H. annandalei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the past. However, the sea snakes including
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Laidlaw" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[1155,1305,1565,1589]" class="Reptilia" family="Elapidae" genus="Hydrophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="annandalei">
<emphasis box="[1155,1305,1565,1589]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">H. annandalei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are usually characterized by a flat tail and a head covered with relatively large scales (
<bibRefCitation author="Stuebing, R. B. &amp; Inger, R. F. &amp; Lardner, B." box="[949,1154,1630,1654]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" refId="ref2384" refString="Stuebing, R. B., Inger, R. F., and Lardner, B. 2014. A Field Guide to the Snakes of Borneo, Second Edition. Natural History Publication, Kota Kinabalu, viii + 310 pp." type="book" year="2014">Stuebing et al. 2014</bibRefCitation>
), which do not correspond to the characteristics of the specimen. This misidentification may be due to the absence of occurrence records of file snakes in
<collectingCountry box="[928,987,1728,1751]" name="Japan" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Japan</collectingCountry>
, and also their similarity to sea snakes in both body coloration and habitat.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="1.[820,1432,1565,2077]" lastBlockId="2.[156,767,1304,1816]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<taxonomicName box="[846,1090,1792,1816]" class="Reptilia" family="Acrochordidae" genus="Acrochordus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="granulatus">
<emphasis box="[846,1090,1792,1816]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Acrochordus granulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known to have ecologically adapted to shallow water habitats such as mangrove areas (
<bibRefCitation author="Lillywhite, H. B." box="[827,992,1857,1882]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="14010" refId="ref1997" refString="Lillywhite, H. B. 2020. The unusual biology of marine file snakes with a perspective for the conservation of Acrochordus granulatus. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology 14: pjsb 2020 b 14010." type="journal article" year="2020">Lillywhite 2020</bibRefCitation>
), while they were reported to be captured as far as
<quantity box="[915,975,1890,1914]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" unit="km" value="10.0">10 km</quantity>
from the coast (
<bibRefCitation author="Voris, H. K. &amp; Glodek, G. S." box="[1151,1397,1890,1914]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="105 - 108" refId="ref2429" refString="Voris, H. K. and Glodek, G. S. 1980. Habitat, diet and reproduction of the file snake, Acrochordus granulatus, in the straits of Malacca. Journal of Herpetology 14: 105 - 108." type="journal article" year="1980">Voris and Glodek 1980</bibRefCitation>
). It is quite possible that the natural dispersal by the Kuroshio Current carried this species to Amamioshima Island. The nearest habitat of this species from
<collectingCountry box="[1195,1251,1988,2011]" name="Japan" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Japan</collectingCountry>
is the
<collectingCountry name="Philippines" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Philippine Islands</collectingCountry>
or Hainan Island (
<bibRefCitation author="Huang, Z. J." box="[1084,1212,2020,2044]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="336" refId="ref1850" refString="Huang, Z. J. 1963. A new subfamily record (Acrochordinae) of the Chinese Serpentes - Acrochordus granulatus (Gray). Acta Zoologica Sinica 15: 336. [In Chinese]" type="journal article" year="1963">Huang 1963</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Dunson, W. A. &amp; Minton, S. A." pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="281 - 286" refId="ref1810" refString="Dunson, W. A. and Minton, S. A. 1978. Diversity, distribution, and ecology of Philippine marine snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes). Journal of Herpetology 12: 281 - 286." type="journal article" year="1978">Dunson and Minton 1978</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Bernstein, J. M. &amp; Bautista, J." box="[886,1189,2053,2077]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="272 - 273" refId="ref1660" refString="Bernstein, J. M. and Bautista, J. 2020. Geographic distribution: Acrochordus granulatus (Little File Snake). Philippines: Camarines Sur: Magarao Province. Herpetological Review 51: 272 - 273." type="journal article" year="2020">Bernstein and Bautista 2020</bibRefCitation>
). However, since there is only one record from Hainan Island (
<bibRefCitation author="Huang, Z. J." box="[568,697,1304,1329]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" pagination="336" refId="ref1850" refString="Huang, Z. J. 1963. A new subfamily record (Acrochordinae) of the Chinese Serpentes - Acrochordus granulatus (Gray). Acta Zoologica Sinica 15: 336. [In Chinese]" type="journal article" year="1963">Huang 1963</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Shi, H. T. &amp; Zhao, E. M. &amp; Wang, L. J." pageId="2" pageNumber="3" refId="ref2341" refString="Shi, H. T., Zhao, E. M., and Wang, L. J. 2011. The Amphibia and Reptilia Fauna of Hainan. Science Press, Beijing, 207 pp. [In Chinese]" type="book" year="2011">Shi et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
), it is more likely that this individual came from a larger and more stable population in the
<collectingCountry box="[613,730,1370,1394]" name="Philippines" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Philippines</collectingCountry>
. In addition, since many typhoons in June track toward
<collectingCountry box="[710,766,1403,1426]" name="Japan" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Japan</collectingCountry>
after approaching the
<collectingCountry box="[378,492,1435,1459]" name="Philippines" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Philippines</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Japan Metrological Agency" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" refId="ref1887" refString="Japan Metrological Agency. 2022. Information of typhoon. Available at https: // www. jma. go. jp / jma / kishou / know / typhoon / (25 July 2022). [In Japanese]" type="url" year="2022">
<collectingCountry box="[505,564,1435,1459]" name="Japan" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Japan</collectingCountry>
Metrological Agency 2022
</bibRefCitation>
), it is possible that a typhoon carried this specimen from the
<collectingCountry box="[252,366,1500,1524]" name="Philippines" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Philippines</collectingCountry>
to Amamioshima Island. On the other hand,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hornstedt" authorityYear="1787" box="[220,342,1533,1556]" class="Reptilia" family="Acrochordidae" genus="Acrochordus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="javanicus">
<emphasis box="[220,342,1533,1556]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">A. javanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a closely related species of
<taxonomicName box="[626,761,1532,1556]" class="Reptilia" family="Acrochordidae" genus="Acrochordus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="granulatus">
<emphasis box="[626,761,1532,1556]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">A. granulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, has been reported to have been accidentally transported to
<collectingCountry box="[156,212,1598,1621]" name="Japan" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Japan</collectingCountry>
by hiding in wood from
<collectingCountry box="[465,565,1597,1621]" name="Indonesia" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Kagei, N. &amp; Shogaki, Y." pageId="2" pageNumber="3" pagination="155 - 159" refId="ref1928" refString="Kagei, N. and Shogaki, Y. 1977. Helminthes of animals imported in Japan I Tanqua ophidis Johnston and Mawson, 1948 of Water Snakes from Samarinda, Indonesia. Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 5: 155 - 159." type="journal article" year="1977">Kagei and Shogaki 1977</bibRefCitation>
), so we could not rule out the possibility that this individual was artificially transported to
<collectingCountry box="[554,613,1663,1686]" name="Japan" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Japan</collectingCountry>
. In either case, there are no solid records of
<taxonomicName box="[470,609,1695,1719]" class="Reptilia" family="Acrochordidae" genus="Acrochordus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="granulatus">
<emphasis box="[470,609,1695,1719]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">A. granulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry box="[650,706,1695,1718]" name="Japan" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Japan</collectingCountry>
from 1938 to the present. Thus, it is highly likely that
<taxonomicName class="Reptilia" family="Acrochordidae" genus="Acrochordus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="granulatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">A. granulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is very rare in
<collectingCountry box="[337,396,1760,1783]" name="Japan" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Japan</collectingCountry>
, and it would be difficult to establish a stable population in the archipelago.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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