Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: April 12th, 2025. Taxonomy of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Bibliography of the genus Salomonelaps Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Genus Salomonelaps Solomon Islands Coral Snake Salomonen-Korallenotter Salomon-koralslange 1970 Salomonelaps Mcdowell (type species: Hoplocephalus par Boulenger 1884) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Meristic and other data of the world's snakes. Compiled by V. Wallach Key to abbreviations Head drawings of the genus Salomonelaps. Compiled by V. Wallach Salomonelaps par Solomon Islands Coral Snake, Solomons Red Krait, (Guppy's Snake) Salomonen-Korallenotter Salomon-koralslange 1884 Hoplocephalus par Boulenger Denisonia par Boulenger 1896 Salomonelaps par McDowell 1970 1888 Hoplocephalus melanurus Boulenger (McDowell 1970) Denisonia melanura Boulenger 1896 Denisonia par melanura Klemmer 1963 1888 Hoplocephalus woodfordii Boulenger (McDowell 1970) Denisonia woodfordii Boulenger 1896 Denisonia par woodfordii Klemmer 1963 1947 Denisonia furva Brazenor (Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014) Remarks: Although this species is found both to the north and to the south of Bougainville, it has not been recorded from the island (O'Shea 1996). Denisonia furva was listed as a synonym of both Salomonelaps par and Parapistocalamus hedigeri by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014). Distribution: Papua New Guinea (North Solomon Islands [Buka]), Solomon Islands (incl. Guadalcanal).