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Simoselaps anomalus

{{Short description|Species of Australian snake}}

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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Shea, G. |author2=Ellis, R. |author3=Wilson, S. |year=2017 |title=Simoselaps anomalus |volume=2017 |page=e.T102724883A102725073 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102724883A102725073.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Simoselaps

| species = anomalus

| authority = (Sternfeld, 1919)

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| synonyms =

  • Rhynchelaps anomalus Sternfeld, 1919
  • Rhynchoelaps bertholdi anomalus
    – Worrell, 1963
  • Vermicella anomala
    – Storr, 1978
  • Simoselaps anomalus
    – Mengden, 1983

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Simoselaps anomalus, also known as the northern desert banded snake, is a species of mildly venomous burrowing snake that is endemic to Australia.

Description

The species grows to an average of about 25 cm in length.{{cite web |url= http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Elapidae/Simoselaps/anomalus|title= Desert banded snake|author= |date=|website= Australian Reptile Online Database |publisher= Stewart Macdonald |access-date= 25 May 2021}}

Behaviour

The species is oviparous, with an average clutch size of three.

Distribution and habitat

The species’ range covers a broad swathe of arid inland Australia from north-western South Australia and the south-west of the Northern Territory, across Western Australia to the north-western coast of the continent. The type locality is the Hermannsburg Mission, on the upper Finke River, Northern Territory.{{cite web |url=https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Simoselaps&species=anomalus|title= Simoselaps anomalus (Sternfeld, 1919)|author= |date= |website= Reptile Database |publisher= Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann |access-date= 25 May 2021}}

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Category:Snakes of Australia

Category:Endemic fauna of Australia

Category:Reptiles of the Northern Territory

Category:Reptiles of South Australia

Category:Reptiles of Western Australia

Category:Taxa named by Richard Sternfeld

Category:Reptiles described in 1919

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