Pseudechis rossignolii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Pseudechis rossignolii (Hoser, 2000)

Holotype: MZB 364.
Type locality: “south New Guinea, in the general region of Meraoke Lat 8°30’ Long 140°20’ and areas a short distance west of here along the coast”.

Pailsus rossignolii Hoser 2000: 178 [original combination]
Pseudechis rossignolii — Wüster, Dumbrell, Hay, Pook, Williams & Fry, 2005 [subsequent combination]

Hoser, Raymond 2000. A new species of snake from Irian Jaya (Serpentes: Elapidae). Litteratura Serpentium 20(6): 178–186.
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.

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.
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.

Tallowin, O., O'Shea, M. & Parker, F. 2021. IUCN: Pseudechis rossignolii (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T42493288A42493293. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T42493288A42493293.en. Accessed on 09 February 2026.