Vermicella snelli STORR, 1968

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Vermicella annulata snelli STORR 1968: 82 Vermicella annulata snelli — COGGER 1983: 239 Vermicella snelli — COGGER 2000: 696 Vermicella snelli — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Vermicella snelli — WALLACH et al. 2014: 786
Distribution	Australia (N Western Australia) Type locality: Mundiwindi, 23° 51'S, 120° 09'E, W. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R19203
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Vermicella snelli can be differentiated from V. multifasciata and V. intermedia by condition of the internasal scales (present in V. snelli) and from V. annulata, V. intermedia, and V. multifasciata by ventral scale number (higher in V. snelli). V. snelli has wider black and white bands than V. intermedia and V. multifasciata. V. snelli has a thinner relative body width than V. annulata, V. intermedia, and V. vermiformis. See Figs 4-6 for interspecific comparisons in these characters (Keogh & Smith 1996).
Comment	Venomous!
Etymology	Named after the collector of the types, C. Snell.
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. DEREZ, CHANTELLE M.; KEVIN ARBUCKLE, ZHIQIANG RUAN, BING XIE, YU HUANG, LAUREN DIBBEN, QIONG SHI, FREEK J. VONK, BRYAN G. FRY 2018. A new species of bandy-bandy (Vermicella: Serpentes: Elapidae) from the Weipa region, Cape York, Australia. Zootaxa 4446 (1): 001–012 [erratum in Zootaxa 4461(4): 600] - get paper here Keogh, J.S.; Smith, S.A. 1996. Taxonomy and natural history of the Australian bandy-bandy snakes (Elapidae: Vermicella) with a description of two new species. Journal of Zoology 240: 677-701 - 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/Vermicella/snelli Google images

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