Brachyurophis
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 eight recognized species, which are all found in Australia.
Species
- Brachyurophis approximans – North-western shovel-nosed snake
- Brachyurophis australis – coral snake, Eastern shovel-nosed snake
- Brachyurophis campbelli – Cape York shovel-nosed snake
- Brachyurophis fasciolatus – Narrow-banded shovel-nosed snake
- Brachyurophis incinctus – Unbanded shovel-nosed snake
- Brachyurophis morrisi – Arnhem shovel-nosed snake
- Brachyurophis roperi – Northern shovel-nosed snake
- Brachyurophis semifasciatus – Southern shovel-nosed snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Brachyurophis.
Geographic distribution
- B. approximans - Western Australia North West Coastal and Western Plateau.
- B. australis - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.
- B. fasciolatus - New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Northern Territory.
- B. incinctus - Northern Territory and Queensland.
- B. morrisi - Northern Territory North Coast.
- B. roperi - Northern Territory and Western Australia North Coast.
- B. semifasciata - Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland and Northern Territory.