Rhinoplocephalus bicolor MÜLLER, 1885
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Square-nosed Snake, Muller's Snake |
Synonym | Rhinoplocephalus bicolor MÜLLER 1885: 690 Rhinoplocephalus bicolor — WELCH 1994: 105 Rhinoplocephalus bicolor — COGGER 2000: 676 Rhinoplocephalus bicolor — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Rhinoplocephalus bicolor — WALLACH et al. 2014: 640 Rhinoplocephalus bicolor — COGGER 2014: 929 |
Distribution | Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: "Australia." Emended to Southern Australia by Cogger et al., 1983a: 234. |
Reproduction | ovovivparous (Wilson & Swan 2013; but oviparous according to Cogger 2014) |
Types | Holotype: NMBA 2190, a 395 mm male. |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Venomous! Synonymy: Wallach et al. 2014 included the species of Cryptophis in Rhinoplocephalus. Type species: Rhinoplocephalus bicolor MÜLLER 1885: 690 is the type species of the genus Rhinoplocephalus MÜLLER 1885. |
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