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 Tropidechis Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Genus Tropidechis Rough-scaled Snake Rauschuppenotter Ruskællet Giftsnog 1863 Tropidechis Günther (type species: Hoplocephalus carinatus Krefft 1863) 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 Tropidechis. Compiled by V. Wallach Tropidechis carinatus Rough-scaled Snake, Clarence River Snake Rauschuppenotter Ruskællet Giftsnog 1863 Hoplocephalus carinatus Krefft Tropidechis carinata Günther 1863 2003 Tropidechis sadlieri Hoser (Kaiser, Crother, Kelly, Luiselli, O'Shea, Ota, Passos, Schleip & Wüster 2013) Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland [incl. Fraser Island]).