Acrochordus arafurae

Acrochordus arafurae
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Acrochordidae
Genus:	Acrochordus
Species:	A. arafurae
Binomial name
	Acrochordus arafurae; McDowell, 1979
Synonyms
	Acrochordus javanicus – Boulenger, 1893; Acrochordus javanicus – Flower, 1899; Acrochordus javanicus – Wall, 1903; Acrochordus javanicus – Lidth de Jeude, 1911; Acrochordus javanicus – Barbour, 1812; Acrochordus javanicus – Boulenger, 1914; Acrochordus javanicus – de Rooij, 1917; Acrochordus javanicus – Kinghorn, 1929; Acrochordus javanicus – Thomson, 1935; Acrochordus javanicus – Barrett, 1950; Acrochordus javanicus – De Haas, 1950; Achrochordus javanicus – Mitchell, 1955; Acrochordus javanicus – Kinghorn, 1956; Acrochordus javanicus – Worrell, 1963; Achrochordus javanicus – Cogger, 1964; Acrochordus javanicus – Mitchell, 1964; Acrochordus javanicus – Dunson & Dunson, 1973; Acrochordus javanicus – Cogger, 1975; Acrochordus arafurae – McDowell, 1979;

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.

This snake was first described by Samuel Booker McDowell in 1979

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