White-lipped snake

Not to be confused with white-lipped python.

White-lipped snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Drysdalia
Species:
D. coronoides
Binomial name
Drysdalia coronoides
(Günther, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Hoplocephalus coronoides
    Günther, 1858
  • Alecto labialis
    Jan & Sordelli, 1873
  • Denisonia coronoides
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Denisonia nigra
    De Vis, 1905
  • Denisonia coronoides
    — Kinghorn, 1924
  • Drysdalia coronoides
    — Worrell, 1961
  • Notechis coronoides
    — Storr, 1982
  • Drysdalia coronoides
    — Cogger, 1983

The white-lipped snake (Drysdalia coronoides) is a small species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to south-eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.

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