Genus Hoplocephalus Wagler, 1830
- Hoplocephalus Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. München : Cotta'schen vi 354 pp. [172].
Type species:
Naja bungaroides Schlegel, 1837 by subsequent designation, see Klemmer, K. 1963. Liste der rezenten Giftschlangen. Elapidae, Hydrophiidae, Viperidae und Crotalidae. Marburg : N.G. Elwert Universitäts- U. Verlagsbuchhand 253-464 pp. (Klemmer cites Naja bungaroides Boie, 1828 as type species, but <0871> [214–215] has shown that name is nom. nud.; consequently Schlegel's name is no longer a junior homonym and becomes the type species). - Elapocormus Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. [28].
Type species:
Naja bungaroides Schlegel, 1837 by original designation.
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. [227]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
History of changes
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 19-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |