Species Elapognathus coronatus (Schlegel, 1837)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Elaps coronatus Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens. Partie Générale et Partie Descriptive. La Haye : Kips & Stockum Vol. 2 xv 606 pp. [454].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP 321, King George's Sound, WA (original description cites Australia).

  Subsequent designation 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.
• Trimesurus olivaceus Gray, J.E. 1841. A catalogue of the species of Reptiles and Amphibia hitherto described as inhabiting Australia, with a description of some new species from Western Australia. Appendix E. pp. 422–449 in Grey, G. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39, under the authority of Her Majesty's Government. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2. [443].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, presumed lost, Australia.
• Elaps melanocephalus Gray, J.E. & Neill, J. 1845. Catalogue of reptiles and fish, found at King George's Sound. Appendix. pp. 412–418 in Eyre, E.J. Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840–1. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 1. [416].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (figure prepared by Neill and deposited BMNH), King George's Sound, WA.
• Elapognathus resolutus 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] [46].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R7715, Mondrain Island, Recherche Archipelago, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [66].
• Elapognathus orri 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].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV D35714, Picadily Circus, Brindabella Range, Australian Capital Territory.

 

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. [223]
• Keogh, J.S., Scott, A.W. & Scanlon, J.D. 2000. Molecular phylogeny of viviparous Australian elapid snakes: affinities of 'Echiopsis atriceps' (Storr, 1980) and 'Drysdalia' coronata (Schlegel, 1837), with description of a new genus. Journal of Zoology, London 252: 317-326

 

Generic Combinations

• Drysdalia coronata (Schlegel, 1837).
• Elapognathus coronatus (Schlegel, 1837).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Low open woodland, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, predator, terrestrial, viviparous.

Extra Ecological Information

Lacertiphagous, ophiophagous.

 

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)

Shine, R. 1981. Venomous snakes in cold climates: ecology of the Australian genus Drysdalia (Serpentes: Elapidae). Copeia 1981: 14-25 (ecology)

 

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. [44] (Western Crowned Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		05-Jun-2012	MOVED
08-Mar-2011		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)