Short-nosed snake

The short-nosed snake (Elapognathus minor) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Short-nosed snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Elapognathus
Boulenger, 1896
Species:
E. minor
Binomial name
Elapognathus minor
(Günther, 1863)
Distribution of the short-nosed snake
Synonyms[2]
  • Hoplocephalus minor
    Günther, 1863
  • Elapognathus minor
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Notechis minor
    — Storr, 1982
  • Elapognathus minor
    — Cogger, 1983

References
  1. Craig, M., Gaikhorst, G., Lloyd, R. & Sanderson, C. 2017. Elapognathus minor. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T7122A83452929. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T7122A83452929.en. Downloaded on 02 January 2019.
  2. "Elapognathus minor". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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. (Elapognathus minor, new combination, pp. 356–357 + Plate XIX, figure 2).
  • Günther A. 1863. "Third Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 12: 348–365. (Hoplocephalus minor, new species, pp. 362–363).


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