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Species Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Schlegel, 1837)

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CAVS: 2676

Species Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Schlegel, 1837)

Broad-headed Snake

  • Naja bungaroides Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens. Partie Générale et Partie Descriptive. La Haye : Kips & Stockum Vol. 2 xv 606 pp. [477] [junior homonym of Naja bungaroides Boie, 1828].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) MNHP 7678, Port Jackson, NSW and 'Indes?'; MNHP 7679, Indes?.
    Type locality references:
    Guibé, J. & Roux-Estève, R. 1972. Les types de Schlegelp (Ophidiens) présents dans les collections du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 47: 129-134 (however Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A. 1854. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 7(2) pp. 781–1536 cite 'Nouvelle Hollande' as the locality for MNHP 7679).
  • Alecto variegata Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A. 1854. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 7(2) 781-1536 pp. [1254, pl. 76 fig. 1].
    Type data:
     Holotype MNHP 7679, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Cogger, H.G. 1983. in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. Amphibia and Reptiles. In Walton, D.W. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 1. Netley, South Australia : Griffin Press Ltd. vi 313 pp. [227]

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Nocturnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial, viviparous, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Anuriphagous, lacertiphagous.

 

General References

Adams, D. 1973. Broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides). Herpetofauna 5: 19-22 (natural history)

Anstis, M. 1973. Notes on Hoplocephalus bungaroides (broad headed snake) in captivity. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Bulletin of Herpetology 1: 5-7 (in captivity)

Jenkins, R.W.G. 1979. The status of endangered Australian reptiles. pp. 169-176 in, The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife. Adelaide : Royal Zoological Society of South Australia (endangered status)

Ormsby, A.I. 1947. Notes on the broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1946–47: 19-21 (natural history)

Wells, R. 1981. Remarks on the prey preferences of Hoplocephalus bungaroides. Herpetofauna 12: 25-28 (as prey)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study (Broad-headed Snake)