Species profile—Brachyurophis australis (coral snake)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Reptilia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (reptiles) → Elapidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia&family=elapidae ) (elapid snakes) → Brachyurophis australis (coral snake)
( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/5447?f=.jpg )
Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=460#imgGallery )
Sighting data
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- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=460&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=460&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=460 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia&family=elapidae ) (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Brachyurophis australis (Krefft, 1864)
- Common name
- coral snake
- Type reference
- Krefft, G. 1864. Descriptions of three new species of Australian snakes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 180-182.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 460
- Synonym(s)
- Simoselaps australis
Austrelaps australis
Rhynchelaps australis
Simotes australis - Alternate name(s)
- Australian coral snake
eastern shovel-nosed snake - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Brachyurophis%20australis#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=BRACHYUROPHIS%2BAUSTRALIS )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=460 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=460 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
