Species Echiopsis curta (Schlegel, 1837)
Bardick
- Naja curta Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens. Partie Générale et Partie Descriptive. La Haye : Kips & Stockum Vol. 2 xv 606 pp. [486].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 953, vicinity of King George's Sound, WA. - Hoplocephalus temporalis Günther, A. 1862. On new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 9: 52-59, 124-132 [130, pl. 9 fig. 11].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.1.17.87–89 (two remaining syntypes not found), SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp.
Generic Combinations
- Echiopsis curta (Schlegel, 1837).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)
Ecological Descriptors
Hummock grassland, low open woodland, low shrubland, nocturnal, open scrub, predator, terrestrial, viviparous.
Extra Ecological Information
General carnivore.
General References
Coventry, A.J. & Rawlinson, P.A. 1980. Taxonomic revision of the elapid snake genus Drysdalia Worrell, 1961. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 41: 65-78 (taxonomy)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Bardick)
History of changes
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 26-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |