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title: "Eastern Small-eyed Snake"
description: "Cryptophis nigrescens — Rettili. Cryptophis nigrescens, commonly known as the eastern small-eyed snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eastern-small-eyed-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Small-eyed Snake

> Cryptophis nigrescens — Rettili. Cryptophis nigrescens, commonly known as the eastern small-eyed snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family  Elapidae.

- Scientific name: *Cryptophis nigrescens*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1995
- Wikidata: [Q166393](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166393)
- iNaturalist taxon: [35134](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35134)

## Names

- en: Eastern Small-eyed Snake
- de: Östliche Kleinaugenotter

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1916)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptophis_nigrescens

## Photo

![Eastern Small-eyed Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-small-eyed-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241842730

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-small-eyed-snake?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).