Simoselaps bertholdi, also known commonly as Jan's banded snake or the southern desert banded snake, is a species of burrowing venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
The specific epithet bertholdi honours German physician and naturalist Arnold Adolph Berthold.[1][2]
S. bertholdi grows to an average total length (including tail) of 30 cm (12 in).[3]
S. bertholdi is oviparous,[1] with an average clutch size of four.[3]
The geographic range of S. bertholdi covers a broad swathe of arid inland Australia from central and western South Australia and the south-west of the Northern Territory, westwards across Western Australia to the western coast of the continent.[3]
Simoselaps bertholdi, also known commonly as Jan's banded snake or the southern desert banded snake, is a species of burrowing venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
