Arafura file snake
Scientific name: Acrochordus arafurae Mcdowell, 1979
Overview
Acrochordus arafurae, known by the common names Arafura file snake, elephant trunk snake, and wrinkle file snake, is an aquatic snake species found in northern Australia and New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized.
From the Wikipedia article “Acrochordus arafurae”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: E Indonesia (Papua), Papua New Guinea, N Australia (coastal areas of Northern Territory, Queensland).
Common names
Also known in English as Arafura filesnake, Filesnake.
Names in other languages (4)
- Chinese
- 阿拉佛拉瘰鱗蛇
- German
- Arafura-Warzenschlange
- Indonesian
- Ular buduk
- Russian
- арафурская бородавчатая змея
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Reptile Database.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q1887786, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Acrochordus arafurae”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Smacdonald (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026