Brachyurophis australis (KREFFT, 1864)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Eastern Shovel-nosed Snake, Coral Snake, Australian Coral Snake
Synonym	Simotes australis KREFFT 1864: 180 Simotes australis KREFFT 1865: 66 Brachyurophis australis — GÜNTHER 1865: 97 Rhynchelaps australis — BOULENGER 1896 Rhynchelaps australis — THOMSON 1934 Simoselaps australis — COGGER 1975 Simoselaps australis — COGGER 1983: 235 Austrelaps australis Simoselaps australis — WELCH 1994: 107 Simoselaps australis — COGGER 2000: 682 Brachyurophis australis — GREER 2006 (online) Brachyurophis australis — SANDERS et al. 2008 Brachyurophis australis — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 458 Brachyurophis australis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 125
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria) Type locality: Port Curtis, Qld. and Clarence River, N. SW.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: lost (formerly AMS), 2 specimens
Diagnosis
Comment	Venomous! Habitat: burrowing
References	Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Günther, A. 1865. Fourth account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 15: 89-98. - get paper here Krefft, G. 1864. Descriptions of three new species of Australian snakes. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864: 180-182 - get paper here Krefft, G. 1865. Description of three new species of Australian snakes. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 15: 66-68 - get paper here Longman, H. A. 1916. Snakes and lizards from Queensland and the Northern Territory. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 5: 46-51 Mackay, R. 1949. The Australian coral snake. Proc. R. Zool. Soc. N. S. W. 1947-48: 36-37 - get paper here Murphy, Michael J. 2016. Survey of the reptiles and amphibians of Yarrigan National Park in the Pilliga forest of northern inland New South Wales. Australian Zoologist 38 (2): 147- - get paper here Murphy, Michael J. and Jessica K. Murphy 2015. Survey of the reptiles and amphibians of Merriwindi State Conservation Area in the Pilliga forest of northern inland New South Wales. Australian Zoologist: 37 (4): 517-528 - get paper here Sanders, K.L. et al. 2008. Molecular phylogeny and divergence dates for Australasian elapids and sea snakes (Hydrophiinae): evidence from seven genes for rapid evolutionary radiations. J. Evol. Biol. 21: 682 – 695 - get paper here Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. Thomson, D. F. 1934. A new snake from north Queensland. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1934: 529-531 Ukuwela, K.D.B., de Silva, A., Sivaruban, A. et al. 2022. Diversity, distribution, and natural history of the marine snakes of Sri Lanka. Marine Biodiversity 52, 24 (2022) - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/snakes/elapids/elapids.htm http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/elapidae.pdf http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/snakes/snakedetail.asp?TaxName… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Elapidae/Brachyurophis… Google images

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