Brachyurophis

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Brachyurophis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Elapidae Subfamily: Elapinae Genus: Brachyurophis 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.

[edit] 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)-

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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