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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species]
Bibliography of the genus Echiopsis
Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species]








Genus
Echiopsis

Bardick

Bardick

Hugormegiftsnog

1843 Echiopsis Fitzinger (type species: Naja curta Schlegel 1837)
1859 Alecto Jan [preoccupied by Alecto Leach 1851 (Echinodermata), Alecto Lamouroux 1821 (Bryozoa), Alecto Wagler 1830 (Serpentes), Alecto Lesson 1831 (Aves), and Alecto Agassiz 1847 (Coleoptera)] (type species: Naja curta Schlegel 1837)
1896 Brachyaspis Boulenger (type species: Naja curta Schlegel 1837; syn. Cogger 1992)
Contents: 1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Paroplocephalus atriceps was previously included in this genus (e.g., Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983).
Distribution: As for the single species.

Echiopsis curta

Bardick

Bardick

Hugormegiftsnog

1837 Naja curta Schlegel
Hoplocephalus curtus Günther 1858
Brachyaspis curta Boulenger 1896
Notechis curtus Storr 1982
Echiopsis curta Wells & Wellington 1985
1862 Hoplocephalus temporalis Günther (Golay & al. 1993)
Echiopsis temporalis Wells & Wellington 1985

Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia).