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

Further reading


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