AROD > Reptiles / Squamata / Elapidae / Hemiaspis
Marsh/grey snake
Hemiaspis
- Fitzinger, 1860
Pronunciation: | hem-ee-ASS-piss | |||||||||||||||
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Etymology: | 'half-shield'. | |||||||||||||||
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Reproductive modes:
Live-bearing - 2 out of 2 Australian species Size range: Smallest Australian species: grey snake (Hemiaspis damelii) at 50 cm Longest Australian species: marsh snake (Hemiaspis signata) at up to 60 cm |
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Number of Australian species: | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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