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Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Broad-headed Snake)

Synonyms: Alecto bungaroides; Alecto variegata; Naja bungaroides

Wikipedia Abstract

The broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides) is a venomous snake that is restricted to the Sydney Basin in NSW, Australia. It is one of 3 snakes in the genus Hoplocephalus, all restricted to eastern Australia. It is currently endangered in New South Wales and is listed as Vulnerable under the Commonwealth Legislation.
View Wikipedia Record: Hoplocephalus bungaroides

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Hoplocephalus bungaroides

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  279 grams
Litter Size [1]  7
Maximum Longevity [1]  19 years
Venomous [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Australian temperate forests Australia Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ophidascaris pyrrhus <Unverified Name>[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen
♦ 3Ecological characteristics of a threatened snake species, Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Serpentes, Elapidae), Jonathan K. Webb and Richard Shine, Animal Conservation (1998) 1, 185–193
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0