Simoselaps bertholdi

Simoselaps bertholdi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Simoselaps
Species:	S. bertholdi
Binomial name
	Simoselaps bertholdi; (Jan, 1859)
Synonyms
	Elaps bertholdi ; Jan, 1859; Vermicella bertholdi ; — Ogilby, 1891; Elaps mattozoi ; Ferreira, 1891; Furina robusta ; De Vis, 1905; Rhynchelaps bertholdi ; — Thomson, 1934; Simoselaps bertholdi ; — Mengden, 1983;

Simoselaps bertholdi, also known commonly as Jan's banded snake or the southern desert banded snake, is a species of burrowing mildly venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific epithet bertholdi honours German physician and naturalist Arnold Adolph Berthold.¹²

Description

S. bertholdi grows to an average total length (including tail) of 30 cm (12 in).³

Reproduction

S. bertholdi is oviparous,¹ with an average clutch size of four.³

Distribution and habitat

The geographic range of S. bertholdi covers a broad swathe of arid inland Australia from central and western South Australia and the south-west of the Northern Territory, westwards across Western Australia to the western coast of the continent.³

References

Species Simoselaps bertholdi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Simoselaps bertholdi, p. 24).
"Jan's banded snake". Australian Reptile Online Database. Stewart Macdonald. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Rhynchelaps bertholdi, pp. 362–363).
Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Jan [G] (1859). "Plan d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens et Description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de Serpents ". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, Paris, Series 2, 11: 122–130. (Elaps bertholdi, new species, p. 123). (in French).
Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

[RDB-1] Species Simoselaps bertholdi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[2] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Simoselaps bertholdi, p. 24).

[arod-3] "Jan's banded snake". Australian Reptile Online Database. Stewart Macdonald. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

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