Subspecies Brachyurophis fasciolatus fasciatus (Sterling & Zietz, 1893)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Vermicella fasciata Stirling, E.C. & Zietz, A. 1893. Vertebrata; Reptilia (collected by the Elder Exploring Expedition). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 16: 159-176 [175, pl. 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA R2935 (see Houston, T.F. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. III. Reptiles. Records of the South Australian Museum 17: 181–187), near the Barrow Range, WA.
• Hornea pulchella Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1896. Reptilia. Report of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia 2: 112-151 [150, pl. 12 fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV D11226, Charlotte Waters, NT.

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. [235]

Generic Combinations

• Brachyurophis fasciolatus fasciatus (Stirling & Zietz, 1893).
• Vermicella fasciolatus fasciatus (Sterling & Zietz, 1893). —
  Storr, G.M. 1968. The genus Vermicella (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 50(3): 80-92 [1967 on title page] [87]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, fossorial, nocturnal, open heath, open scrub, predator, tall shrubland, woodland.

History of changes