Brachyurophis is a genus of elapid snakes known as shovel-nosed snakes, so named because of their shovel-nosed snout which is used to burrow. The genus has eight recognized species, which are all found in Australia.[1]

Brachyurophis
Brachyurophis fasciolatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Subfamily: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Brachyurophis
Günther, 1863

Species edit

The above species are sometimes included in the genus Simoselaps, sensu lato.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Brachyurophis.

Geographic distribution edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Brachyurophis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading edit

  • Günther A (1863). "On new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 11: 20–25. (Brachyurophis, new genus, p. 21).

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