Suta suta

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Suta
Species: Suta suta

Suta suta (Peters, 1863)

Hoplocephalus stirlingi Lucas & Frost, 1896: 149
- Syntypes (n=4): NMV D11758 (old no. 57099), MUZD no. 978 (unlocated), and depository of the other two is unknown, collected by Horn Expedition Collection in May-August 1894.
- Type locality: “Charlotte Waters, Oodnadatta, Alice Springs, Hermansburg”.

Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1896. Reptilia. Pp. 112–151 in Spencer, B. (ed.). Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Part 2. Zoology. Melville, Mullens & Slade: Melbourne. 435 pp. BHL Reference page.

Coventry, A.J. 1970. Reptile and amphibian type specimens housed in the National Museum of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 31: 115–124. BHL Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Suta suta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 May 2020.
Macdonald, S.M, Ellis, R., Shea, G., Zichy-Woinarski, J. & Cogger, H. 2017. IUCN: Suta suta (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102726585A102726684. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102726585A102726684.en

English: Curl Snake

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