• Source: Brachyurophis

Brachyurophis is a genus of elapid snakes known as shovel-nosed snakes, so named because of their shovel-nosed snout which is used to burrow. The genus has eight recognized species, which are all found in Australia.




Species


Brachyurophis approximans (Glauert, 1854) – North-western shovel-nosed snake
Brachyurophis australis (Krefft, 1864) – (Australian) coral snake, Eastern shovel-nosed snake
Brachyurophis campbelli (Kinghorn, 1929) – Cape York shovel-nosed snake
Brachyurophis fasciolatus (Günther, 1872) – Narrow-banded shovel-nosed snake
Brachyurophis incinctus (Storr, 1968) – Unbanded shovel-nosed snake
Brachyurophis morrisi (Horner, 1998) – Arnhem shovel-nosed snake
Brachyurophis roperi (Kinghorn, 1931) – Northern shovel-nosed snake
Brachyurophis semifasciatus Günther, 1863 – Southern shovel-nosed snake
The above species are sometimes included in the genus Simoselaps, sensu lato.
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Brachyurophis.




Geographic distribution


B. approximans - Western Australia North West Coastal and Western Plateau.
B. australis - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.
B. fasciolatus - New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Northern Territory.
B. incinctus - Northern Territory and Queensland.
B. morrisi - Northern Territory North Coast.
B. roperi - Northern Territory and Western Australia North Coast.
B. semifasciata - Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland and Northern Territory.




References






Further reading


Günther A (1863). "On new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 11: 20–25. (Brachyurophis, new genus, p. 21).




External links


Australian Faunal Directory
OZCAM | Western Australian Museum

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Elapidae
• Mulga
• Brachyurophis
• Brachyurophis australis
• Brachyurophis fasciolatus
• Brachyurophis roperi
• Hydrophiinae
• Brachyurophis morrisi
• Southern shovel-nosed snake
• Brachyurophis incinctus
• Brachyurophis campbelli
• Brachyurophis approximans