Species Simoselaps bertholdi (Jan, 1859)
Jan's Banded Snake
- Elaps bertholdi 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 data:
Holotype ZMG 191a, Australia (by implication). - Elaps bertholdi 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] [as E. bertholdi, nom. nud.].
- Elaps mattozoi Ferreira, J.B. 1891. Sur quelques espèces du genre Elaps déposés au Muséum de Lisbonne. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 2 2: 89-95 [93].
Type data:
Holotype MBL (presumed lost), Vic. - Furina robusta 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 J205, Coolgardie, WA.
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
- Simoselaps bertholdi (Jan, 1859).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Murchison (MUR), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, desert, fossorial, noctidiurnal, open heath, open scrub, predator, tall shrubland, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Oviparous, lacertiphagous.
General References
Ogilby, J.D. 1890. Description of Vermicella bertholdi. Records of the Australian Museum 1: 80-81 (description)
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] (taxonomy)
Storr, G.M. 1978. Taxonomic notes on the reptiles of the Shark Bay region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6: 303-318 (taxonomy)
Storr, G.M. 1979. Revisionary notes on the genus Vermicella (Serpentes: Elapidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 8: 75-79 (taxonomy)
Thomson, D.F. 1934. A new snake from north Queensland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1934: 529-531 (taxonomy)
Waite, E.R. 1929. The Reptiles and Amphibians of South Australia. Adelaide : Harrison Weir 270 pp. (natural history)
Common Name References
Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [46] (Jan's Banded Snake)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 26-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |