Pseudechis australis

Pseudechis australis

Taxonavigation

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: Pseudechis
Species: Pseudechis australis

Name

Pseudechis australis (Gray, 1842)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.20.39.
• Type locality: “North cost of New Holland; Port Essington”.

Combinations

• Naja australis Gray, 1842: 55 [original combination]
• Pseudechis australis — Günther, 1863 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Pseudechis platycephalus Thomson, 1933: 859
  • Holotype: NMV D12355 (old no. 12694), with skull removed D12355.1, collected by P. Cahill in September 1914.
  • Type locality: “East Alligator River, Arnhemland, Northern Territory of Australia”.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1842. Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians. Pp. 51–57 in Gray, J.E. (ed.) Zoological Miscellany. Treuttel, Wurtz & Co.: London. Reference page. 
• Thomson, D.F. 1933. Notes on Australian Snakes of the Genera Pseudechis and Oxyuranus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 103(4): 855–860. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01629.x Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kuch, U., Keogh, J.S., Weigel, J., Smith, L.A. & Mebs, D. 2005. Phylogeography of Australia's king brown snake (Pseudechis australis) reveals Pliocene divergence and Pleistocene dispersal of a top predator. Naturwissenschaften 92: 121–127. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0602-0 Reference page. 
• Wüster, W., Dumbrell, A.J., Hay, C., Pook, C.E., Williams, D.J. & Fry, B.G. 2005. Snakes across the Strait: trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus, and Pseudechis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(1): 1–14. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.08.018 Reference page. 
• Maddock, S.T., Childerstone, A., Grieg-Fry, B., Williams, D.J., Barlow, A. & Wüster, W. 2017. Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitation of Australo-Papuan blacksnakes (Pseudechis Wagler, 1830: Elapidae: Serpentes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 48–55. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.005 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pseudechis australis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 July 2020.
• Shea, G., Ellis, R., Wilson, S. & Oliver, P. 2017. IUCN: Pseudechis australis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T42493195A42493211. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T42493195A42493211.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Mulgaschlange
English: King Brown Snake
français: Serpent de la Mulga

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