Suta

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: Suta
Species (11): S. dwyeri – S. fasciata – S. flagellum – S. gaikhorstorum – S. gouldii – S. monachus – S. nigriceps – S. ordensis – S. punctata – S. spectabilis – S. suta

Name

Suta Worrell, 1961: 25

• Type species: Hoplocephalus sutus Peters, 1863, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Parasuta Worrell, 1961: 26 [synonymized by Maryan, Brennan, Hutchinson & Geidans (2020: 7)]
  • Type species: Elaps gouldii Gray, 1841, by original designation.

References

Additional references

• Maryan, B., Brennan, I.G., Hutchinson, M.N. & Geidans, L.S. 2020. What’s under the hood? Phylogeny and taxonomy of the snake genera Parasuta Worrell and Suta Worrell (Squamata: Elapidae), with a description of a new species from the Pilbara, Western Australia. Zootaxa 4778(1): 1–47. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Hooded Snakes