Species Hemiaspis damelii (Günther, 1876)
Grey Snake
- Hoplocephalus damelii Günther, A. 1876. Descriptions of new species of reptiles from Australia. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 5: 45-47 [46].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.1.18.89–90, Peak Downs, QLD; ZMH 824 (whereabouts of other syntypes unknown), QLD. - Hoplocephalus suboccipitalis Ogilby, J.D. 1892. On some undescribed reptiles and fishes from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 2(2): 23-26 [23].
Type data:
Holotype AM R1127, Moree, NSW. - Denisonia daemelii Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). 3. London : British Museum xiv 727 pp. 25 pls. [339] [emendation of Hoplocephalus damelii Günther, 1876].
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. [226]
Generic Combinations
- Hemiaspis damelii (Günther, 1876).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Nocturnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial, viviparous, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Anuriphagous, lacertiphagous.
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Grey Snake)
History of changes
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