Species Brachyurophis roperi (Kinghorn, 1931)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rhynchoelaps roperi Kinghorn, J.R. 1931. Herpetological Notes. 3. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 267-269 [267, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R9930, Roper River, NT.
• Brachyurophis murrayi Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [44].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM R3451, Casuarina, a suburb of Darwin, NT.

  Type locality references:

  Horner, P. 1999. Type specimens of terrestrial vertebrates in the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory - 1973 to 1999. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 15: 55-74.

 

Generic Combinations

• Brachyurophis roperi (Kinghorn, 1931).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

General References

Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [236] (as junior synonym of Simoleps semifasciatus (Günther, 1863))

 

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] (Northern Shovel-nosed Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		28-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)