Hemiaspis
Hemiaspis signata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Subfamily: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Hemiaspis
Fitzinger, 1861[1]
Species

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

  1. "Hemiaspis (Fitzinger, 1861)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. "ITIS standard report - Hemiaspis (Fitzinger, 1861)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  3. Richard Shine (1987). "Food Habits and Reproductive Biology of Australian Snakes of the Genus Hemiaspis (Elapidae)" (PDF). Journal of Herpetology. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 21 (1): 71–74. doi:10.2307/1564381. ISSN 0022-1511. JSTOR 1564381. OCLC 51647232. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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