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 Tropidechis Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Genus Tropidechis Rough-scaled Snake Rauschuppenotter Ruskællet Giftsnog 1863 Tropidechis Günther (type species: Hoplocephalus carinatus Krefft 1863) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Tropidechis carinatus Rough-scaled Snake, Clarence River Snake Rauschuppenotter Ruskællet Giftsnog 1863 Hoplocephalus carinatus Krefft Tropidechis carinata Günther 1863 2003 Tropidechis sadlieri Hoser (Kaiser, Crother, Kelly, Luiselli, O'Shea, Ota, Passos, Schleip & Wüster 2013) Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland [incl. Fraser Island]).