Filesnake
Acrochordus arafurae Mcdowell, 1979
Status not recordedsnakes
The filesnake (Acrochordus arafurae) is a species in the family Acrochordidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 1.55 kg to 6.11 kg, reach 1.36 m in length and live up to 8.8 years.
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Quick facts about the filesnake
- Weight
- 1.55 kg – 6.11 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- 1.36 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 8.8 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 10 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest, grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 5 – 17src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 3 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 0.55 – 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Live birthsrc for Reproduction
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
- Resting metabolic rate
- 87.7 mWsrc for Resting metabolic rate
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the filesnake?
Where does the filesnake live?
Not recorded
Is the filesnake endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the filesnake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAcrochordidae
- genusAcrochordus
- SpeciesAcrochordus arafurae Mcdowell, 1979
Synonyms Anolis alocomyos, Anolis arenal, Anolis marsupialis, Anolis monteverde, Anolis savagei, Anolis tenorioensis, Anomalepis mexicana, Bachia pallidiceps, Dendrophidion crybelum, Dendrophidion rufiterminorum, Geophis ruthveni, Helminthophis frontalis, Holcosus parvus, Leptophis riveti, Marisora alliacea, Rhadinaea pulveriventris, Sceloporus olloporus, Siderolamprus cyanochloris, Tantilla vermiformis, Trimetopon barbouri, Trimetopon gracile, Trimetopon pliolepis, Trimetopon simile, Trimetopon viquezi, Urotheca pachyura
Other names and names in other languages (10)
- Arafura filesnakeEnglish
- bradavičník arafurskýCzech
- Arafura-vorteslangeDanish
- Arafura-WarzenschlangeGerman
- Serpiente Amarilla de ArafuraSpanish
- Acrocordo di ArafuraItalian
- Serpente lima di ArafuraItalian
- Brodawkowiec arafurskiPolish
- Арафурская бородавчатая змеяRussian
- 阿拉佛拉瘰鱗蛇Chinese
Relatives of the filesnake
Other species in the same genus Acrochordus.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the filesnake?
An adult filesnake weighs 1.55 kg – 6.11 kg and measures 1.36 m long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the filesnake live?
The filesnake has a recorded lifespan of 8.8 years.
What kind of animal is the filesnake?
The filesnake (Acrochordus arafurae) belongs to the family Acrochordidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AnimalTraits: a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size · CC0 1.0 · 1.0.7
Herberstein, M.E., McLean, D.J., Lowe, E. et al. (2022) AnimalTraits: a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size. Scientific Data 9: 265. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01364-9. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6468938 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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