Species Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Schlegel, 1837)

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• Naja bungaroides Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens. Partie Générale et Partie Descriptive. La Haye : Kips & Stockum Vol. 2 xv 606 pp. [477] [junior homonym of Naja bungaroides Boie, 1828].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP 7678, Port Jackson, NSW and 'Indes?'; MNHP 7679, Indes?.

  Type locality references:

  Guibé, J. & Roux-Estève, R. 1972. Les types de Schlegelp (Ophidiens) présents dans les collections du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 47: 129-134 (however Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A. 1854. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 7(2) pp. 781–1536 cite 'Nouvelle Hollande' as the locality for MNHP 7679).
• Alecto variegata Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A. 1854. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 7(2) 781-1536 pp. [1254, pl. 76 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 7679, Australia.

 

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 bungaroides (Schlegel, 1837).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Anuriphagous, lacertiphagous.

 

General References

Adams, D. 1973. Broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides). Herpetofauna 5: 19-22 (natural history)

Anstis, M. 1973. Notes on Hoplocephalus bungaroides (broad headed snake) in captivity. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Bulletin of Herpetology 1: 5-7 (in captivity)

Jenkins, R.W.G. 1979. The status of endangered Australian reptiles. pp. 169-176 in, The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife. Adelaide : Royal Zoological Society of South Australia. (endangered status)

Ormsby, A.I. 1947. Notes on the broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1946–47: 19-21 (natural history)

Wells, R. 1981. Remarks on the prey preferences of Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Herpetofauna 12: 25-28 (as prey)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Broad-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)