Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha

Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha

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: Pseudonaja
Species: Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha

Name

Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha (McCoy, 1879)

• Holotype: NMV D12352 (old no. 3261 and R12802), collected by W. Blandowski.
• Type locality: not stated, in Victoria by implication; designated to “Junction of Murray and Darling Rivers”, Victoria, Australia, by Coventry (1970: 121).

Combinations

• Diemenia aspidorhyncha McCoy, 1878: 13 [original combination]
• Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha — Wells & Wellington, 1985: 48 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

References

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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 July 2022.
• Wilson, S., Dickman, C., Hobson, R., Vanderduys, E. & Sanderson, C. 2018. IUCN: Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42495853A42495859. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42495853A42495859.en. Accessed on 27 July 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Strap-snouted Brown Snake

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