Brachyurophis

Taxobox
name = "Brachyurophis"


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image_caption = "Brachyurophis semifasciata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Elapidae
subfamilia = Elapinae
genus = "Brachyurophis"
genus_authority = Gunther, 1863

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

Species

*North-western Shovel-nosed Snake, "Brachyurophis approximans" (Glauert L., 1854)
*Coral Snake, "Brachyurophis australis" (Krefft, 1864)
*Brachyurophis Campbelli "Brachyurophis campbelli" (Kinghorn, 1929)
*Narrow Banded Snake "Brachyurophis fasciolatus" (Gunther, 1872)
*Unbanded Shovel-nosed Snake "Brachyurophis incinctus" (Stor, 1968)
*Arnhem Shovel-nosed Snake "Brachyurophis morrisi" (Horner, 1998)
*Northern Shovel-nosed Snake "Brachyurophis roperi" (Kinghorn, 1931)
*Southern Shovel-nosed Snake "Brachyurophis semifasciata" (Gunther, 1863)-

Geographic distribution

*"B. approximans" - Western Australia North West Coastal and Western Plateau.
*"B. australis" - New South Wales,Queensland,South Australia and Victoria.
*"B. campbelli" - Western Australia,Queensland and Northern Territory North Coast.
*"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

*http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/abrs/fauna/details.pl?pstrVol=REPTILIA;pstrTaxa=2817;pstrChecklistMode=2
*http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/faunabase/prod/index.htm