Brachyurophis

Brachyurophis is a genus of elapid snakes known as shovel-nosed snakes, so named because of their shovel-nosed snout which is used to burrow. The genus has eight recognized species, which are all found in Australia.

==Species== Brachyurophis approximans – North-western shovel-nosed snake Brachyurophis australis – (Australian) coral snake, Eastern shovel-nosed snake Brachyurophis campbelli – Cape York shovel-nosed snake Brachyurophis fasciolatus – Narrow-banded shovel-nosed snake Brachyurophis incinctus – Unbanded shovel-nosed snake Brachyurophis morrisi – Arnhem shovel-nosed snake Brachyurophis roperi – Northern shovel-nosed snake Brachyurophis semifasciatus – Southern shovel-nosed snake