Unplaced to Unplaced Synonym(s)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Oploceph[alus] cuvieri Gray, J.E. 1831. A synopsis of the species of the class Reptilia. pp. 1-110 in Griffith, E. (ed.). The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier. London : Whittaker, Treacher & Co. Vol. 9 481+110 pp. [1831 on title page] [84, synopsis] [as Oploceph. cuvieri, Sherborn, C.D. 1924. Index Animalium. London : British Museum Vol. 2 945–1771 pp. regards Oplocephalus cuvieri as a nom. nud. apparently without justification].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP (presumed lost), unspecified locality.

  Secondary source:

   Sherborn, C.D. 1924. Index Animalium. London : British Museum Vol. 2 pp. 945-1771.
• Hoplocephalus fuscus Steindachner, F. 1867. Reptilien. pp. 1–98 in, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorff-Urbair. Zoologie 1(3). Vienna : State Printer. [1869 on title page] [82, pl. 3 figs 11-12].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not found), Australia.
• Alecto fasciolata Jan, G. 1863. Elenco Sistematico Degli Ofidi Descritti e Disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. Milan : A. Lombardi 143 pp. [117] [as A. fasciolata, ?nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MSNM (not located), Australia.
• Alecto fasciolata Jan, G. & Sordelli, F. 1873. Iconographie Générale des Ophidiens. Atlas. Milan : Jan & Sordelli 43 pp. [pl. 6 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MSNM specimen figured (not found), Australia.

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, diurnal, open forest, open heath, predator, swamp, tall forest, terrestrial, tussock grassland, viviparous, woodland.

History of changes