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Jan's banded snake

Jan's banded snake (Simoselaps bertholdi)
Perth, Western Australia
Photo © Jordan Vos
Simoselaps bertholdi - (Jan, 1859)
Pronunciation  SI-mohs-EE-laps   bert-HOLD-ee
Etymology  Simoselaps: 'snub-nosed Elaps', after a genus of garter snakes
bertholdi: after Arnold Adolf Berthold, a German zoologist.1
Other names   
 
Total length
Species avg: 30 cm
Reproduction
Oviparous
Clutch size
Average: 4
Length and clutch size information comes from a variety of sources, but primarily from Shine (1991) and Cogger (2000).
Description Distribution Natural history Conservation Further information More photos

Range

Found in the following Australian states/territories

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

Habitat

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