Hemiaspis
Genus of snakes
Hemiaspis | |
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Hemiaspis signata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Subfamily: | Hydrophiinae |
Genus: | Hemiaspis Fitzinger, 1861[1] |
Species | |
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Hemiaspis is a genus of venomous snakes of the Elapidae family.[2] The genus has two described species: Hemiaspis damelii and Hemiaspis signata, both endemic to Australia.[3]
References
- ^ "Hemiaspis (Fitzinger, 1861)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "ITIS standard report - Hemiaspis (Fitzinger, 1861)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ Richard Shine (1987). "Food Habits and Reproductive Biology of Australian Snakes of the Genus Hemiaspis (Elapidae)" (PDF). Journal of Herpetology. 21 (1). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: 71–74. doi:10.2307/1564381. ISSN 0022-1511. JSTOR 1564381. OCLC 51647232. Retrieved 31 July 2014.