Species Hoplocephalus bitorquatus (Jan, 1859)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Alecto bitorquata Jan, G. 1859. Plan d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces des Serpents. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 11–12: 122-130 [128] [Jan, G. 1859. Prodrome d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de Serpents venimeux.. Reprinted from: Rev. Mag. Zool. (2)10 and (2)11-12, 1858 and 1859. Paris : Bouchard-Huzard. 32 pp. pl. B, as A. bitorquata].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 20533, Australia (data with holotype erroneously cites Sydney, NSW as type locality, coll. W. Kirchner, 1848).

  Secondary source:

   Jan, G. 1859. Prodrome d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de Serpents venimeux. Reprinted from: Rev. Mag. Zool. (2)10 and (2)11-12, 1858 and 1859. Paris : Bouchard-Huzard. 32 pp.
• Hoplocephalus sulcans De Vis, C.W. 1884. Descriptions of a new snake with a synopsis of the genus Hoplocephalus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 138-140 [138].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (presumed lost), Mitchell district, QLD.
• Hoplocephalus waitii Ogilby, J.D. 1894. Description of a new Australian snake. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 261-262 [261].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM 6590, locality unknown.
• Denisonia angulata De Vis, C.W. 1905. A new genus of lizards. Annals of the Queensland Museum 6: 46-52 pl. 15 [51].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J194, QLD.
• Denisonia revelata De Vis, C.W. 1911. Description of snakes apparently new. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 22-25 [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J2957, Stannary Hills, QLD.

 

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]

 

Generic Combinations

• Hoplocephalus bitorquatus (Jan, 1859).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Nocturnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial, viviparous, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Anuriphagous, lacertiphagous, semi-arboreal.

 

General References

Covacevich, J. 1968. The Snakes of Brisbane. Brisbane : Queensland Museum 27 pp. (natural history)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Pale-headed Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		26-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)