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Brachyurophis

Wikipedia Abstract

Brachyurophis is a genus of elapid snakes known as shovel-nosed snakes, so named because of their shovel-nosed snout which is used to burrow. The genus has seven recognized species, which are all found in Australia.
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Species

Brachyurophis alexantenori
Brachyurophis approximans (North-western Shovel-nosed Snake) (Attributes)
Brachyurophis australis (Eastern Shovel-nosed Snake, Coral Snake, Australian Coral Snake) (Attributes)
Brachyurophis campbelli
Brachyurophis fasciolatus (Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake, Narrow-banded Burrowing Snake) (Attributes)
Brachyurophis incinctus (Unbanded Shovel-nosed Snake)
Brachyurophis lesshearimi
Brachyurophis morrisi
Brachyurophis paultamisi
Brachyurophis paulwoolfi
Brachyurophis richardshearimi
Brachyurophis roperi (Northern Shovel-nosed Snake) (Attributes)
Brachyurophis semifasciatus (Southern Shovel-nosed Snake, Half-girdled Snake) (Attributes)

External References

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