Species Brachyurophis australis (Krefft, 1864)

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Regional Maps

• Simotes australis Krefft, G. 1864. Descriptions of three new species of Australian snakes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 180-182 [180, fig.].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 2 specimens (not found), Port Curtis, QLD and Clarence River, NSW.

 

Generic Combinations

• Simoselaps australis (Krefft, 1864).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, predator, tall forest, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Oviparous, lacertiphagous.

 

General References

Mackay, R. 1949. The Australian coral snake. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1947–48: 36-37 (natural history)

Thomson, D.F. 1934. A new snake from north Queensland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1934: 529-531 (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [43] (Coral Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)