Simoselaps bertholdi

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].

Description

S. bertholdi grows to an average total length of.

Reproduction

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

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.