Cryptophis nigrescens, commonly known as the eastern small-eyed snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to eastern Australia.
Taxonomy Cryptophis nigrescens was described by Albert Günther in 1862, assigning the new species to Hoplocephalus.
Geographic range Cryptophis nigrescens is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.Cryptophis nigrescens. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Common names Common names for the species include short-tailed snake, small-eyed snake, and eastern small-eyed snake.
Reproduction Cryptophis nigrescens is viviparous.
References
Further reading Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Denisonia nigrescens, p. 343). Günther A (1862). "On new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 9: 124–132. (Hoplocephalus nigrescens, new species, p. 131 + Plate IX, figure 12).