Hemiaspis damelii

Hemiaspis damelii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hemiaspis
Species:
H. damelii
Binomial name
Hemiaspis damelii
(Günther, 1876) [2]
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Hoplocephalus damelii
    Günther, 1876
  • Denisonia dæmelii
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Drepanodontis daemelii
    — Worrell, 1961
  • Hemiaspis damelii
    — Cogger, 1983

Hemiaspis damelii is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. It is a relatively small species of elapid with a mean snout-vent length (SVL) of 42.6 to 60 cm (16.8 to 23.6 in).[5] The species is endemic to eastern Australia and is most commonly found across central inland New South Wales through to the interior of south-eastern Queensland.[5][6][7] Common names for this species include ngabi, grey snake and Dämel's Snake. The specific name, damelii, is in honor of German entomologist Edward Dämel, who collected Australian specimens for Museum Godeffroy.[8]

  1. ^ Vanderduys, E.; Wilson, S.; Hobson, R.; Venz, M.; Sanderson, C. (2017). "Hemiaspis damelii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102709908A102709925. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102709908A102709925.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Hemiaspis damelii (Günther, 1876) - Grey Snake". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ^ 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. (Denisonia dæmelii, p. 339 + Plate XVIII, figure 3).
  4. ^ Species Hemiaspis damelii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  5. ^ a b Michael, Damian R.; Bourke, Gaye; Paris, Dena; Wassens, Skye (2020). "A range extension for the endangered Grey Snake Hemiaspis damelii (Günther 1876) in the Murrumbidgee catchment, southern NSW". Australian Zoologist. 40 (4): 652–655. doi:10.7882/AZ.2020.008. S2CID 212865650 – via Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Australian Reptile Online Database (2019). "Grey snake Hemiaspis damelii ". Australian Reptile Online Database (AROD). Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  7. ^ Cogger, Harold (March 2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia (7 ed.). Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO. pp. 1385–1386. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  8. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemiaspis damelii, p. 64).