Pseudonaja textilis

Pseudonaja textilis

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 textilis

Name

Pseudonaja textilis (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.3944, donated by J. Verreaux in October 1846.
• Type locality: “Australie [=Australia]”.

Combinations

• Furina textilis Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 1242 [original combination]
• Pseudonaja textilis — Krefft, 1862: 149 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudoelaps textilis — Jan, in Jan & Sordelli, 1873: pl. V, fig. 5 [subsequent combination]
• Diemenia textilis — Boulenger, 1896: 325 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Pseudoelaps superciliosus Fischer, 1856: 107
  • Holotype: ZMUH 4434 (former nº 362), donated by J.G. Booth Jr.
  • Type locality: “Neuholland (Sidney)”.

• Furina bicucullata McCoy, 1879: 13
  • Lectotype: NMV D1832, collected by Henry Tubb in July 1879. [designated by Coventry (1970: 121)]
  • Type locality: “Longwood” and “Benalla”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Longwood”, Victoria, Australia, by Coventry (1970: 121).
  • Paralectotypes (n=5): NMV D4610, D8939, D8940, D8941, D8942, all from “Benalla”, collector and date unknown.

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xii + 781–1536 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Fischer, J.G. 1856. Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 3: 79–116. BHL Reference page. 
• 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 textilis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 July 2022.
• Tallowin, O., O'Shea, M., Parker, F., Greenlees, M. & Shea, G. 2018. IUCN: Pseudonaja textilis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42493315A42493324. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42493315A42493324.en. Accessed on 27 July 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Brown Snake

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