Neelaps bimaculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Neelaps
Species:	N. bimaculatus
Binomial name
Neelaps bimaculatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
Synonyms
Furina bimaculata Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 Vermicella bimaculata Glauert, 1950 Narophis bimaculatus Worrell, 1961 Simoselaps bimaculatus Cogger, 1992

Neelaps bimaculatus, also known as the black-naped snake, western black-naped snake or black-naped burrowing snake, is a species of burrowing mildly venomous snake endemic to Australia. The specific epithet bimaculatus (“two-spotted”) refers to the distinctive black patches on head and nape.

The species grows to an average of about 40 cm in length.^[1]

The species is oviparous, with an average clutch size of four.^[1]

The species occurs in South Australia and Western Australia.^[1]

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