| Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Northern Desert Banded Snake |
| Synonym | Rhynchelaps anomalus STERNFELD 1919: 77
Naja anomala — STERNFELD 1917 (?)
Rhynchelaps anomalus — STERNFELD 1925: 227
Rhynchoelaps bertholdi anomalus — WORRELL 1963
Vermicella anomala — STORR 1978
Simoselaps anomalus — MENGDEN 1983
Simoselaps anomalus — COGGER 1983: 235
Simoselaps anomala — HUTCHINSON 1990
Simoselaps anomala — WELCH 1994: 107
Simoselaps anomalus — COGGER 2000: 682
Simoselaps anomalus — SANDERS et al. 2008
Simoselaps anomalus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 675
Simoselaps anomolus — DITTMER et al. 2020 (in error) |
| Distribution | Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia)
Type locality: Hermannsburg Mission, upper Finke River, N. T.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: SMF 20557, designated by Mertens (1967)
Holotype: ZMB 29667 (fide J. Hallermann, GBIF data) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Venomous!
Habitat: burrowing |
| Etymology | Presumably named after the Greek anomalos (abnormal). However, Sternfeld does not indicate what is atypical about the species as there are no direct comparisons to other species. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) |
| 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.
- Dittmer, D. E., Chapman, T. L. & Bidwell, J. R. 2020. In the shadow of an iconic inselberg: Uluru’s shadow influences climates and reptile assemblage structure at its base. J. Arid Environ. 181, 104179 (2020) - get paper here
- Mengden, Gregory A. 1983. The taxonomy of Australian elapid snakes: A review. Rec. Austral. Mus. 35 (5): 195-222 - get paper here
- Mertens, R. 1967. Die herpetologische Sektion des Natur-Museums und Forschungs-Institutes Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main nebst einem Verzeichnis ihrer Typen. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 1-106 - 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
- Sternfeld, R. 1919. Neue Schlangen und Echsen aus Zentralaustralien. Senckenbergiana 1: 76-83 - get paper here
- Sternfeld, R. 1925. Beiträge zur Herpetologie Inner-Australiens. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 38: 221—251
- Storr, G. M. 1968. The genus Vermicella (Serpentes : Elapidae) in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. J. Royal Soc. Western Australia. 50: 80-92 - get paper here
- Storr, G. M. 1979. Revisionary notes on the genus Vermicella (Serpentes: Elapidae). Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 8 (1): 75-79 - 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.
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