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Brachyurophis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
Elapidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Subfamily
  
Elapinae

Rank
  
Genus

Brachyurophis wwwarodcomauarodpicturessquamataelapidaebr

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.

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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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