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Simoselaps bertholdi (Jan, 1859) is a animal in the Elapidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Simoselaps bertholdi (Jan, 1859) (Simoselaps bertholdi (Jan, 1859))
Animalia

Simoselaps bertholdi (Jan, 1859)

Simoselaps bertholdi (Jan, 1859)

Simoselaps bertholdi is a 30 cm long oviparous snake found across arid inland Australia.

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Family
Genus
Simoselaps
Order
Class
Squamata

About Simoselaps bertholdi (Jan, 1859)

Species Naming and Size

Simoselaps bertholdi, first described by Jan in 1859, reaches an average total length of 30 centimeters (12 inches) when fully grown, including its tail.

General Distribution

This species has a wide geographic distribution across arid inland areas of Australia.

Detailed Range

Its range extends from central and western South Australia and the southwestern region of the Northern Territory, westward across Western Australia all the way to the continent’s western coast.

Reproduction

Simoselaps bertholdi reproduces via egg-laying, and it has an average clutch size of four eggs.

Photo: (c) Connor Margetts, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Connor Margetts · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Elapidae Simoselaps

More from Elapidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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