Brachyurophis campbelli (KINGHORN, 1929)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	woodjonesii: Cape York Shovel-nosed Snake
Synonym	Rhynchoelaps campbelli KINGHORN 1929: 191 Rhynchelaps wood-jonesii THOMSON 1934: 529 Brachyurophis wood-jonesii — WORRELL 1963 Brachyurophis wood-jonesi — WORRELL 1970 Brachyurophis woodjonesii — MINTON et al. 1970 Brachyurophis campbelli MINTON et al. 1970 Simoselaps semifasciatus campbelli — COGGER 1986 Simoselaps semifasciatus woodjonesi — WILSON & KNOWLES 1988 Simoselaps semifasciatus woodjonesii — GOLAY 1993 Simoselaps semifasciatus campbelli — GOLAY 1993 Brachyurophis campbelli — COGGER 2014: 866
Distribution	Australia (NE Queensland) Type locality: Almaden, Queensland woodjonesii: Australia (N Queensland); Type locality: Lower Archer River, Gulf of Carpentaria
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Holotype: AMS R9387, collected in Dec 1928. Holotype: NMV (D. F. Thomson Coll. No. 69) [woodjonesii]
Diagnosis	Original description: “Snout prominent, shovel-shaped, obtusely pointed from above, the lateral edges very sharp. RostraI broader than deep, its upper portion forming an acute angle posteriorly, which is wedged deeply hetween the internasals: it is as long as its distance from the frontal. Internasals broader than deep, a little smaller than the prefrontals. which are also broader than deep. Frontal shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals but longer than the suture between those shields. It is more than three times as wide as the supraoculars, which are yery small. The nasal is semi-divided, the division being from the nostril to the lower half of the shield. There are five upper labials, the third and fourth entering the eye; two postoculars: one preocular; temporals 1 + 1.There is a small shield wedged between the fourth and fifth labial and the lower postocular, but it does not reach to the lip. Three lower labials are in contact with the anterior chin-shield, which is about as large as the posterior. Ventrals 153; subcaudals 18 pairs; scales 17 rows; anal divided. Total length 140 mm.” (Kinghorn 1929)
Comment	Venomous! Synonymy: Listed as synonym of B. semifasciatus by Wilson et al. 2013. Habitat: burrowing
Etymology	Named after the collector of the type, Mr. W.D. Campbell.
References	Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Dowling, H.G., Minton, S.A., Jr., & Russell, F.E., eds. 1970. Poisonous snakes of the world; a manual for use by the U.S. Amphibious Forces. rev.ed U.S. Bureau of Medicine & Surgery, Wash., D.C 212 pp. Golay,P, H.M. SMITH, D.G. BROADLEY, J. R. DIXON, C., MCCARTHY, J. C. RAGE, B. SCHÀTTI & M.TORIBA 1993. Endoglyphs and other major venomous snakes of the world. A checklist. [type catalogue] Aire-Genève, Azemiops S. A. Herpetological Data Center: i-xv + 1-478. Kinghorn, J.R. 1929. Two new snakes from Australia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 17 (4): 190 - 191 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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