Simoselaps bertholdi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Simoselaps |
Species: | S. bertholdi
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Binomial name | |
Simoselaps bertholdi (
Jan, 1859)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Simoselaps bertholdi, also known commonly as Jan's banded snake or the southern desert banded snake, is a species of burrowing mildly venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
The specific epithet bertholdi honours German physician and naturalist Arnold Adolph Berthold. [1] [2]
S. bertholdi grows to an average total length (including tail) of 30 cm (12 in). [3]
S. bertholdi is oviparous, [1] with an average clutch size of four. [3]
The geographic range of S. bertholdi covers a broad swathe of arid inland Australia from central and western South Australia and the south-west of the Northern Territory, westwards across Western Australia to the western coast of the continent. [3]
Simoselaps bertholdi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Simoselaps |
Species: | S. bertholdi
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Binomial name | |
Simoselaps bertholdi (
Jan, 1859)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Simoselaps bertholdi, also known commonly as Jan's banded snake or the southern desert banded snake, is a species of burrowing mildly venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
The specific epithet bertholdi honours German physician and naturalist Arnold Adolph Berthold. [1] [2]
S. bertholdi grows to an average total length (including tail) of 30 cm (12 in). [3]
S. bertholdi is oviparous, [1] with an average clutch size of four. [3]
The geographic range of S. bertholdi covers a broad swathe of arid inland Australia from central and western South Australia and the south-west of the Northern Territory, westwards across Western Australia to the western coast of the continent. [3]