Genus Simoselaps Jan, 1859

Museums

Regional Maps

• Simoselaps 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 [123].

  Type species:

   Elaps bertholdi Jan, 1859 by monotypy.
• Rhynchoelaps Jan, G. 1858. Plan d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces des Serpents. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 10: 514-527 [518] [both genus and species nom. nud.].

  Type species:

   Elaps bertholdi Jan, 1858 by monotypy (as E[laps] bertholdi Jan, 1858).
• Rhinelaps Günther, A. 1872. Seventh account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 9: 13-37 [33].

  Type species:

   Rhinelaps fasciolatus Günther, 1872 by monotypy.
• Hornea Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1896. Reptilia. Report of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia 2: 112-151 [150].

  Type species:

   Hornea pulchella Lucas & Frost, 1896 by monotypy.
• Melwardia Worrell, E. 1960. A new elapine snake from Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 7: 132-134 [132].

  Type species:

   Melwardia minima Worrell, 1960 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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]
• 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]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Yalgoo (YAL) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Dampierland (DL)

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