Hemiaspis damelii (GÜNTHER, 1876)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Grey Snake
Synonym	Hoplocephalus damelii GÜNTHER 1876: 46 Hoplocephalus suboccipitalis OGILBY 1892: 23 Denisonia daemelii BOULENGER 1896: 339 (emend. pro H. damelii) Drepanodontis daemelii WORRELL 1961 Hemiaspis damelii — COGGER 1983: 226 Hemiaspis daemelii [sic] — WELCH 1994: 65 Hemiaspis damelii — COGGER 2000: 654 Hemiaspis damelii — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Hemiaspis damelii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 325
Distribution	Australia (SE Queensland, New South Wales) Type locality: Peak Downs, Qld.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.18.89 (formerly 76.3.4.25), purchased Godeffroy Museum, designation by Wells & Wellington (1985). Holotype: AMS R112 7, from Moree, N. S. W. [Hoplocephalus suboccipitalis].
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Comment	Venomous! Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983.
Etymology	Named after the collector of the types, Mr. Dämel.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp. - get paper here Brischoux F, Pizzatto L, Shine R. 2010. Insights into the adaptive significance of vertical pupil shape in snakes. J Evol Biol. 23(9): 1878-85. - get paper here 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. 1876. Descriptions of new species of reptiles from Australia collected by Hr. Dämel for the Godeffroy Museum. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 5 (12):45-47 - get paper here Michael, Damian R.; Gaye Bourke, Dena Paris, and Skye Wassens 2020. A range extension for the endangered Grey Snake Hemiaspis damelii (Günther 1876) in the Murrumbidgee catchment, southern NSW. Australian Zoologist - get paper here MICHAEL, DAMIAN R.; TALIA SCHLEN & DANA LANCEMAN. 2022. A feeding observation in a free-ranging Grey Snake Hemiaspis damelii (Günther 1876) in the Murrumbidgee catchment, southern NSW. Australian Zoologist. - get paper here Ogilby, J. D. 1892. On some undescribed reptiles and fishes from Australia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 2: 23-26 - get paper here Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. 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.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/snakes/snakedetail.asp?TaxName… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Elapidae/Hemiaspis/damelii Google images

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