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 Elapognathus Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Genus Elapognathus Western Crowned Snake and Large-eyed Sedge Snake Kleine Braunschlange und Westaustralische Kronengiftnatter Vestaustralsk Diademgiftsnog og Sivgiftsnog 1896 Elapognathus Boulenger (type species: Hoplocephalus minor Günther 1863 Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Regarded as a synonym of Notechis by Storr (1982). Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Meristic and other data of the world's snakes. Compiled by V. Wallach Key to abbreviations Head drawings of the genus Elapognathus. Compiled by V. Wallach Elapognathus coronatus Western Australian Crowned Snake, Slender Crowned Snake Westaustralische Kronengiftnatter Vestaustralsk Diademgiftsnog 1837 Elaps coronatus Schlegel Alecto coronata Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854 Hoplocephalus coronatus Günther 1858 Denisonia coronata Boulenger 1896 Drysdalia coronata Worrell 1961 Notechis coronatus Storr 1982 Elapognathus coronatus Wells & Wellington 1985 1841 Trimeresurus olivaceus Gray in Grey (Golay & al. 1993) 1845 Elaps melanocephalus Gray & Neill in Eyre (Golay & al. 1993) 1985 Elapognathus resolutus Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999) Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Elapognathus minor Large-eyed Sedge Snake, Little Brown Snake, Short-nosed Snake Kleine Braunschlange Sivgiftsnog 1863 Hoplocephalus minor Günther Elapognathus minor Boulenger 1896 Notechis minor Storr 1982 Distribution: Australia (Western Australia).