| Simoselaps | |
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| Simoselaps fasciolatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophiinae |
| Genus: | Simoselaps Jan, 1859 |
Simoselaps, or Australian coral snakes, is a genus composed of 12 species of venomous elapid snakes.
Species of the genus Simoselaps are found throughout Australia.
Australian coral snakes are small snakes. They have smooth and polished scales, shovel-shaped snouts, and are brightly marked with bands or annuli.
Species of Simoselaps are found mainly in arid regions. They are burrowing snakes which move beneath the surface through loose sand or soil. At night they come to the surface to feed on small lizards and reptile eggs.
All species of Australian coral snakes are oviparous and lay clutches of three to five eggs.
| Species | Authority | Subsp. | Common name | Geographic range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. anomalus | (Sternfeld, 1919) | None | northern desert banded snake | Australia (Northern Territory, South and Western Australia) |
| S. approximans | (Glauert, 1954) | None | north-western shovel-nosed snake | Western Australia |
| S. australis | (Krefft, 1864) | None | Australian coral snake | South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria |
| S. bertholdi | (Jan, 1864) | None | desert banded snake | Australia |
| S. calonotus | (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) | None | black-striped burrowing snake | Western Australia |
| S. fasciolatus | (Günther, 1872) | 2 | narrow-banded shovel-nosed snake | South and Western Australia, New South Wales, Northern Territory and Queensland |
| S. incinctus | (Storr, 1968) | None | unbanded shovel-nosed snake | Australia: Northern Territory and Queensland |
| S. littoralis | (Storr, 1968) | None | west-coast banded snake | Western Australia |
| S. minimus | (Worrell, 1960) | None | Dampierland burrowing snake | Western Australia |
| S. morrisi | Horner, 1998 | None | Arnhem shovel-nosed snake [1] | Australia:Northern Territory |
| S. roperi | (Kinghorn, 1931) | None | northern shovel-nosed snake | Western Australia, Kimberley Region and Northern Territory |
| S. semifasciatus | (Günther, 1863) | 3 | southern shovel-nosed snake, half-girdled snake | Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland |
Several of the above species are sometimes placed in the genera Brachyurophis or Neelaps .
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