Suta flagellum

Suta flagellum

Класификация

Класификация: 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 flagellum

Име

Suta flagellum (McCoy, 1878)

• Lectotype: NMV D4259, collector and date unknown. [designated by Coventry (1970: 122)]
• Type locality: “Boroondara, Prahran, South Brighton, Caulfield, Mount Martha”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Boroondara”, Victoria, Australia, by Coventry (1970: 122).
• Paralectotypes (n=5): NMV D4258, “Boroondara”; NMV D11973 (old no. 29611), “South Brighton”; NMV D11974 (old no. 29612), “Mount Martha”; NMV D11975 (old no. 29614), “Prahran”; NMV D12356 (old no. R11048), “Caulfield”.

Combinations

• Hoplocephalus flagellum McCoy, 1878: 7 [original combination]
• Denisonia flagellum — Boulenger, 1896: 340 [subsequent combination]
• Cryptophis flagellum — Worrell, 1961: 26 [subsequent combination]
• Suta flagellum — McDowell, 1970: 145 [subsequent combination]
• Unechis flagellum — Cogger, 1975 [subsequent combination]
• Rhinoplocephalus flagellum — Storr, 1984: 250 [subsequent combination]
• Parasuta flagellum — Wells & Wellington, 1985: 47 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Australia: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia (incl. Kangaroo Island).

Позовавания

Primary references

• McCoy, F. 1878–1890. Natural History of Victoria. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria, or, Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of all Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals. Governmment Printer: Melbourne. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Maryan, B., Brennan, I.G., Hutchinson, M.N. & Geidans, L.S. 2020. What’s under the hood? Phylogeny and taxonomy of the snake genera Parasuta Worrell and Suta Worrell (Squamata: Elapidae), with a description of a new species from the Pilbara, Western Australia. Zootaxa 4778(1): 1–47. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Suta flagellum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 July 2022.
• Shea, G., Robertson, P., Chapple, D.C, Clemann, N. & Michael, D. 2018. IUCN: Parasuta flagellum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T177568A102713565. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T177568A102713565.en. Accessed on 27 July 2022.

Местни имена

English: Little Whip Snake

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