First Record of the Marine File Snake Acrochordus granulatus (Squamata: Acrochordidae) from Japan Based on the Specimen of the Third Higher School

Abstract

A specimen of Acrochordidae, Acrochordus granulatus (Schneider, 1799) (Squamata), which was collected on Amamioshima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan in 1938, was discovered in the historical zoological collection of the Kyoto University, Japan. The specimen was originally included in the “Third Higher School collection” and is now kept in the Kyoto University Museum. The specimen represents the first record of this species from Japan. Morphology of the specimen is described, and the migration route of this individual is briefly discussed.