Simoselaps bertholdi

Simoselaps bertholdi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Simoselaps
Species:
S. bertholdi
Binomial name
Simoselaps bertholdi
(Jan, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Elaps bertholdi
    Jan, 1859
  • Vermicella bertholdi
    — Ogilby, 1891
  • Elaps mattozoi
    Ferreira, 1891
  • Furina robusta
    De Vis, 1905
  • Rhynchelaps bertholdi
    — Thomson, 1934
  • Simoselaps bertholdi
    — Mengden, 1983

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.

Etymology

The specific epithet bertholdi honours German physician and naturalist Arnold Adolph Berthold.[1][2]

Description

S. bertholdi grows to an average total length (including tail) of 30 cm (12 in).[3]

Reproduction

S. bertholdi is oviparous,[1] with an average clutch size of four.[3]

Distribution and habitat

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c Species Simoselaps bertholdi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Simoselaps bertholdi, p. 24).
  3. ^ a b c "Jan's banded snake". Australian Reptile Online Database. Stewart Macdonald. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Rhynchelaps bertholdi, pp. 362–363).
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Jan [G] (1859). "Plan d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens et Description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de Serpents ". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, Paris, Series 2, 11: 122–130. (Elaps bertholdi, new species, p. 123). (in French).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.