Dunmall's snake

Dunmall's snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Furina
Species: F. dunmalli
Binomial name
Furina dunmalli
(Worrell, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Glyphodon dunmalli Worrell, 1955
  • Furina dunmalli — Cogger, 2000[1]

Dunmall's snake (Furina dunmalli ) is a species of venomous snake in the Elapidae family. It is endemic to Australia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, dunmalli, is in honor of William "Bill" Dunmall, who collected the type specimen.[3]

Geographic range

It has a patchy distribution in southeastern Queensland and the border area with New South Wales from Yelarbon; Texas, Queensland; and Ashford. Westerly distribution is in the Carnarvon National Park, and north to Rockhampton on the coast, and Clermont west of the Great Dividing Range [4]


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References

  1. ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Furina dunmalli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
  3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Furina dunmalli, p. 77).
  4. ↑ Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/publications/pubs/draft-brigalow-belt-map10-fdunmalli.pdf

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