Brachyurophis

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Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Family Elapidae Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles		Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Subfamily Elapinae Rank Genus

Similar Simoselaps, Vermicella, Suta, Scaled reptiles, Cacophis

Brachyurophis is a genus of elapid snakes known as shovel-nosed snakes, so named because of their shovel-nosed snout which is used to burrow. The genus has seven recognized species, which are all found in Australia.

Species

Brachyurophis approximans (Glauert, 1854) – north-western shovel-nosed snake

Brachyurophis australis (Krefft, 1864) – (Australian) coral snake

Brachyurophis fasciolatus (Günther, 1872) – narrow-banded snake

Brachyurophis incinctus (Storr, 1968) – unbanded shovel-nosed snake

Brachyurophis morrisi (Horner, 1998) – Arnhem shovel-nosed snake

Brachyurophis roperi (Kinghorn, 1931) – northern shovel-nosed snake

Brachyurophis semifasciata Günther, 1863 – southern shovel-nosed snake

The above species are sometimes included in the genus Simoselaps, sensu lato.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Brachyurophis.

Geographic distribution

B. approximans - Western Australia North West Coastal and Western Plateau.

B. australis - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.

B. fasciolatus - New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Northern Territory.

B. incinctus - Northern Territory and Queensland.

B. morrisi - Northern Territory North Coast.

B. roperi - Northern Territory and Western Australia North Coast.

B. semifasciata - Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland and Northern Territory.

References

Brachyurophis Wikipedia

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