Species profile—Brachyurophis australis (coral snake)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Brachyurophis australis (coral snake)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- 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) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=460
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
