| Short-nosed snake | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Elapognathus |
| Species: | E. minor
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| Binomial name | |
| Elapognathus minor (
Günther, 1863)
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| Distribution of the short-nosed snake | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
The short-nosed snake (Elapognathus minor) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Short-nosed snakes are endemic to swamplands and coastlands in the southwest of Western Australia, where they shelter in nests of stick ants ( Iridomyrmex conifer), as well as dense rushes and reed tussocks. Short-nosed snakes are known to prey on small skinks mainly from the skink genus hemiergis, and small species of frogs.
References
- ^ Craig, M.; Gaikhorst, G.; Lloyd, R.; Sanderson, C. (2017). "Elapognathus minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T7122A83452929. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T7122A83452929.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "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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