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Brachyurophis Semifasciatus
The southern shovel-nosed snake (''Brachyurophis semifasciatus'') is a species of snake native to southern Australia. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3484673 Snakes of Australia semifasciatus Taxa named by Albert Günther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Günther
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. Early life and career Günther was born in Esslingen in Swabia (Württemberg). His father was a ''Stiftungs-Commissar'' in Esslingen and his mother was Eleonora Nagel. He initially schooled at the Stuttgart Gymnasium. His family wished him to train for the ministry of the Lutheran Church for which he moved to the University of Tübingen. A brother shifted from theology to medicine, and he, too, turned to science and medicine at Tübingen in 1852. His first work was "''Ueber den Puppenzustand eines Distoma''". He graduated in medicine with an M.D. from Tübingen in 1858, the same year in which he published a handbook of zoology for students of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snakes Of Australia
This article lists the various snakes of Australia which live in a wide variety of habitats around the country. The amethystine python or scrub python is considered Australia's largest native snake. {{TOC_Right Victoria North West * Common copperhead, ''Austrelaps'' * '' Demansia psammophis'' * Masters' snake, ''Drysdalia mastersii'' * '' Echiopsis curta'' * Tiger snake, '' Notechis scutatus'' * Western brown snake, '' Pseudonaja nuchalis'' * Eastern brown snake, ''Pseudonaja textilis'' * ''Simoselaps australis'' * '' Suta nigriceps'' * '' Suta spectabilis'' * '' Suta suta'' * Bandy-bandy, ''Vermicella annulata'' South west * Lowland copperhead, '' Austrelaps superbus'' * White-lipped snake, ''Drysdalia coronoides'' * ''Morelia spilota variegata'' * Tiger snake, '' Notechis scutatus'' * Red bellied black snake, ''Pseudechis porphyriacus'' * Eastern brown snake, ''Pseudonaja textilis'' * '' Suta flagellum'' Central * Lowland copperhead, '' Austrelaps superbus'' * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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."''Brachyurophis'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. Species *'' Brachyurophis approximans'' – North-western shovel-nosed snake *'' Brachyurophis australis'' – (Australian) 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 The above species are sometimes included in the genus '' Simoselaps'', ''sensu lato''. ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
