Simoselaps anomalus

Simoselaps anomalus, also known as the northern desert banded snake, is a species of mildly venomous burrowing snake that is endemic to Australia.

Simoselaps anomalus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Simoselaps
Species:	S. anomalus
Binomial name
Simoselaps anomalus (Sternfeld, 1919)
Synonyms
Rhynchelaps anomalus Sternfeld, 1919 Rhynchoelaps bertholdi anomalus – Worrell, 1963 Vermicella anomala – Storr, 1978 Simoselaps anomalus – Mengden, 1983

Description

The species grows to an average of about 25 cm in length.^[2]

Behaviour

The species is oviparous, with an average clutch size of three.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

The species’ range covers a broad swathe of arid inland Australia from north-western South Australia and the south-west of the Northern Territory, across Western Australia to the north-western coast of the continent.^[2] The type locality is the Hermannsburg Mission, on the upper Finke River, Northern Territory.^[3]