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: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Bibliography of the genus Echiopsis Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Genus Echiopsis Bardick Bardick Hugormegiftsnog 1843 Echiopsis Fitzinger (type species: Naja curta Schlegel 1837) 1859 Alecto Jan [preoccupied by Alecto Leach 1851 (Echinodermata), Alecto Lamouroux 1821 (Bryozoa), Alecto Wagler 1830 (Serpentes), Alecto Lesson 1831 (Aves), and Alecto Agassiz 1847 (Coleoptera)] (type species: Naja curta Schlegel 1837) 1896 Brachyaspis Boulenger (type species: Naja curta Schlegel 1837; syn. Cogger 1992) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Paroplocephalus atriceps was previously included in this genus (e.g., Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983). Distribution: As for the single species. Echiopsis curta Bardick Bardick Hugormegiftsnog 1837 Naja curta Schlegel Hoplocephalus curtus Günther 1858 Brachyaspis curta Boulenger 1896 Notechis curtus Storr 1982 Echiopsis curta Wells & Wellington 1985 1862 Hoplocephalus temporalis Günther (Golay & al. 1993) Echiopsis temporalis Wells & Wellington 1985 Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia).