Brachyurophis roperi (KINGHORN, 1931)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Northern Shovel-nosed Snake
Synonym	Rhynchoelaps roperi KINGHORN 1931: 267 Rhynchoelaps smithii KINGHORN 1931: 267 (in error pro roperi) Brachyurophis roperi — WORRELL 1963 Vermicella semifasciata roperi — STORR 1968 Simoselaps roperi — WALLACH 1985 Simoselaps semifasciatus — COGGER 1983: 236 Simoselaps semifasciatus roperi — COGGER 1986 Simoselaps roperi — HUTCHINSON 1990 Simoselaps roperi — WELCH 1994: 107 Simoselaps semifasciatus roperi — COGGER 2000: 688 Brachyurophis roperi — GREER 2006 (online) Brachyurophis roperi — SOMAWEERA 2009 Brachyurophis roperi — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 460 Brachyurophis roperi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 125
Distribution	Australia (Kimberley Region, Western Australia and Northern Territory) Type locality: Roper River, N. T.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMS (AM) R9930
Diagnosis
Comment	Venomous!
Etymology	named after the type locality.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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. Kinghorn,J.R. 1931. Herpetological notes 3. Rec. Austral. Mus. 18: 267-269 - get paper here 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 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.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/elapidae.pdf http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:823DA8CA-9F68-444A-8460… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Elapidae/Brachyurophis/roperi Google images

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