THE REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA - ELAPIDS

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN
ELAPID SNAKES - SPECIES LISTING

Distribution Key

SERPENTES(SNAKES)
Family Elapidae (Elapid Snakes)

The Elapid family are front fanged snakes and this family includes the Australian dangerous land snakes as well as the Cobras found overseas.
There are also many small species and many of those have weak venoms and are not dangerous to humans.

Sea Snakes are often been placed in their own family, however now many experts consider them to be in the Elapid family
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COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK)	SCIENTIFIC NAME (EXTERNAL LINK)	DISTRIBUTION
Common Death Adder	Acanthophis antarcticus	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, WA
Kimberley Death Adder	Acanthophis cryptamydros	(Kimberly region) WA
Pilbara Death Adder	Acanthophis wellsei (was Acanthophis wellsi)	WA
North-western Shovel-nosed Snake	Brachyurophis (was Simoselaps) approximans	WA
South-western Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake	Brachyurophis fasciolatus fasciatus	WA
Inland Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake	Brachyurophis fasciolatus fasciolatus	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA
Northern Shovel Nosed Snake	Brachyurophis (was Simoselaps) roperi (split from Brachyurophis semifasciatus)	NT, WA
Half-girdled Snake or Southern Shovel-nosed Snake	Brachyurophis semifasciatus (was Simoselaps semifasciata)	NT, SA, WA
Northern (Western) Small-eyed Snake	Cryptophis (was Rhinoplocephalus) pallidiceps	NT, WA
Narrow-headed Whipsnake	Demansia angusticeps	NT, WA
Black-necked Whipsnake	Demansia calodera	WA
Copper-tailed or Desert Whipsnake	Demansia cyanochasma previously known as Demansia reticulata cupreiceps	SA, NT, WA, Qld
Olive Whipsnake or Marble-headed Whipsnake	Demansia olivacea	WA, NT, Qld?
Greater Black (Papuan)Whip Snake	Demansia papuensis	NT, Qld, WA (not found in New Guinea)
Sombre Whipsnake	Demansia quaesitor	WA, NT, Qld
Reticulated (or Desert) Whipsnake	Demansia reticulata reticulata previously known as Demansia psammophis reticulata	South-western WA
*Crack-dwelling Whipsnake	Demansia rimicola	NT, WA, Qld NSW, SA
Rufous Whipsnake	Demansia rufescens	WA
Shine's Whipsnake	Demansia shinei	NT, WA
Grey Whipsnake	Demansia simplex	NT, WA
*Lesser Black Whip Snake or Black Whip Snake	Demansia vestigiata (was Demansia atra)	NT, Qld, WA
Masters' Snake	Drysdalia mastersii	SA, Vic, WA
Bardick	Echiopsis curta	NSW, SA, Vic, WA
Western Crowned Snake	Elapognathus coronatus (was Drysdalia coronata)	WA
Little Brown Snake or Short-nosed Snake	Elapognathus minor	WA
Orange-naped Snake	Furina ornata	NT, Qld, SA, WA
Western Black-naped Snake	Neelaps bimaculatus (was Simoselaps bimaculata)	SA, WA
Western Black-striped Snake	Neelaps (was Simoselaps) calonotus	WA
Western Tiger Snake	Now called Notechis scutatus occidentalis	WA
Coastal Taipan	Oxyuranus scutellatus scutellatus	NSW, NT, Qld, WA
Western Desert or Central Ranges Taipan	Oxyuranus temporalis	WA, NT (no records From SA but likely to occur)
Bush's Spectacled Hooded Snake	(invalid was Parasuta spectabilis bushi) now Suta gouldii	Esperance region, WA (Possibly extinct)
Nullarbor Spectacled Hooded Snake	(invalid was Parasuta spectabilis nullarbor) now Suta gouldii	(Nullarbor Plain) SA, WA
Lake Cronin Snake	Paroplocephalus (was Echiopsis) atriceps	WA
King Brown or Mulga Snake	Pseudechis australis	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA
*Butler's Snake or Spotted Mulga Snake	Pseudechis butleri	WA
Western Pygmy Mulga Snake (False King Brown Snake)	Pseudechis weigeli	WA, NT
Common Dugite	Pseudonaja affinis affinis	WA, SA
Rottnest Island Dugite	Pseudonaja affinis exilis	(Rottnest Island) WA
Recherche Archipelago Dugite	Pseudonaja affinis tanneri	(Boxer Island , Figure of Eight Island )WA
*Western Brown Snake	Pseudonaja mengdeni	SA, WA, NT, Qld, NSW, Vic?
Ringed Brown Snake	Pseudonaja modesta	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA
*Northern Brown Snake	Pseudonaja nuchalis	NT, Qld, WA
Common or Eastern Brown Snake	Pseudonaja textilis	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA?
Muller's Snake or Square-nosed Snake	Rhinoplocephalus bicolor	WA
Nullarbor Hooded Snake (INVALID - SEE Gould's Hooded Snake)	Rhinoplocephalus nullarbor (INVALID - SEE Suta gouldii)	SA, WA
Northern Desert Banded Snake	Simoselaps anomalus	NT, SA, WA
Jan's Desert Banded Snake	Simoselaps bertholdi	NT, SA, WA
Coastal Burrowing Snake or West-Coast Banded Snake	Simoselaps littoralis	WA
Dampierland Burrowing Snake	Simoselaps minimus (was minima)	WA
*Dwyer's Snake (Status uncertain)	Suta (was Parasuta) dwyeri	NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, NSW, SA
Rosen's Snake	Suta (was Denisonia) fasciata	WA
Pilbara Hooded Snake	*Suta gaikhorstorum* (split from Suta [was Parasuta] monachus)	WA (Pilbara region)
*Gould's Hooded Snake	Suta (was Parasuta) gouldii (Now also includes snakes previously known as Parasuta spectabilis nullarbor and Parasuta spectabilis bushi)	WA, SA
*Monk Snake or Hooded Snake	Suta (was Parasuta) monachus See also *Suta gaikhorstorum*	NT, SA, WA
*Mitchell's Short-tailed Snake or Mallee Black-backed Snake (Status uncertain)	Suta (was Parasuta) nigriceps	WA, SA?
Ord Curl Snake	Suta (was Denisonia) ordensis	NT(?), WA
Little Spotted Snake	Suta (was Rhinoplocephalus) punctata	NT, Qld, WA
Myall or Curl Snake	Suta (was Denisonia) suta	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Intermediate Bandy Bandy	Vermicella intermedia	NT, WA (Far north of these states)
Northern Bandy Bandy or Narrow Banded Bandy Bandy	Vermicella multifasciata	NT, WA (Far north of these states)
Pilbara Bandy Bandy	Vermicella snelli	WA (Pilbara area)

Sea Snakes are now considered to be in the Elapid family - click on the link below for
A Listing of Western Australian Sea Snakes

A Listing of Sea Snakes of Western Australia

DISTRIBUTION KEY
Click on the abbreviation below to see a map of the area

CI = Christmas Island	CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island	NSW = New South Wales
NT = Northern Territory	Qld = Queensland	SA = South Australia
Tas = Tasmania	Vic = Victoria	WA = Western Australia
NI = Norfolk Island	LHI = Lord Howe Island	ACT = Australian Capital Territory (Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)