Hoplocephalus bitorquatus (JAN, 1859)
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | Pale-headed Snake |
Synonym | Alecto bitorquata JAN 1859: 128 Hoplocephalus sulcans DE VIS 1884: 138 Hoplocephalus waitii OGILBY 1894: 261 Denisonia angulata DE VIS 1905: 51 Denisonia revelata DE VIS 1911: 22 Hoplocephalus bitorquatus — COGGER 1983: 227 Hoplocephalus bitorquatus — WELCH 1994: 65 Hoplocephalus bitorquatus — COGGER 2000: 657 Hoplocephalus bitorquatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Hoplocephalus bitorquatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 336 |
Distribution | Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)
Type locality: Australia (type info erroneously cites Sydney, N. S. W. as type locality.
Map legend:
- Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.
NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and not in every cases it works well. We are working on it.
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Reproduction | viviparous. |
Types | Holotype: SMF 20533 Syntypes: presumed lost, from Mitchell district, Qld. [Hoplocephalus sulcans] Holotype: AM 6590, from unknown locality [Hoplocephalus waitii]. Holotype: QM J194, from Qld. [Denisonia angulata]. Holotype: QM J2957, from Stannary Hills, Qld. [Denisonia revelata]. |
Comment | Synonymy after COGGER 1983.
Venomous! |
References |
- Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp.
- Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
- Covacevich, J. 1968. The Snakes of Brisbane. Brisbane: Queensland Museum 27 pp.
- De Vis, C. W. 1884. Descriptions of a new snake with a synopsis of the genus Hoplocephalus. Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 1: 138-140 - get paper here
- De Vis, C. W. 1911. Description of snakes apparently new. Ann. Qd Mus. 10: 22-25
- de Vis, Charles Walter de 1905. A new genus of lizard. On Typhlops torresianus. Ann. Queensland Museum (Brisbane) 6: 48 - get paper here
- de Vis, Charles Walter de 1905. A new genus of lizard. Ann. Queensland Museum (Brisbane) 6: 46-52
- Jan, G. 1859. Plan d'une iconographie descriptive des ophidiens et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de serpents. Rev. Mag. Zool., Paris (2) (11-12): 122-130
- Ogilby, J. D. 1894. Description of a new Australian snake. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 9: 261-262 - get paper here
- Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. 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.
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