Austrelaps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Austrelaps
Species (3): A. labialis – A. ramsayi – A. superbus

Name

• Austrelaps Worrell, 1963: 3

Type species: Hoplocephalus superbus Günther, 1858, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Worrell, E. 1963. A new elapine generic name (with skull diagrams of type species recently separated from the Australian genus Denisonia). Australian Reptile Park Records 1: 1–7, 27 figs. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Austrelaps . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 August 2017.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Australische Kupferköpfe
English: Australian Copperheads