Neelaps
Appearance
Neelaps | |
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Black-naped snake (Neelaps bimaculatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Neelaps Günther, 1863 |
Species: | N. calonotus
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Binomial name | |
Neelaps calonotus | |
Synonyms | |
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Neelaps (commonly known as the black-striped burrowing snake or western black-striped snake) is a genus of snake in the family Elapidae that contains the species Neelaps calonotus and Neelaps bimaculatus.[2]
It is found in Australia.
References
- ^ Gaikhorst, G., Valentine, L., Craig, M., Sanderson, C., Ford, S. & Teale, R. 2017. Vermicella calonotus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T20230A101752546. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T20230A101752546.en. Downloaded on 19 October 2018.
- ^ Neelaps calonotus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 December 2016.