Suta gaikhorstorum

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: Suta gaikhorstorum

Name

Suta gaikhorstorum Maryan, Brennan, Hutchinson & Geidans, 2020: 28

• Holotype: WAM R127817, ♂, collected by S. Anstee on 12 November 1997.
• Type locality: “5 km S of Mount Tom Price Mine, (22°47′49″S 117°47′20″E), Western Australia, Australia”.

References

Primary 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: Pilbara Hooded Snake