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
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://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.
