Suta flagellum

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Suta flagellum

Taxonavigation

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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 flagellum

Name

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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

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  • Hoplocephalus flagellum McCoy, 1878: 7 [original combination]
  • Denisonia flagellumBoulenger, 1896: 340 [subsequent combination]
  • Cryptophis flagellumWorrell, 1961: 26 [subsequent combination]
  • Suta flagellumMcDowell, 1970: 145 [subsequent combination]
  • Unechis flagellumCogger, 1975 [subsequent combination]
  • Rhinoplocephalus flagellumStorr, 1984: 250 [subsequent combination]
  • Parasuta flagellumWells & Wellington, 1985: 47 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

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

References

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Primary references

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  • 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

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Vernacular names

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English: Little Whip Snake
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