Hemiaspis signata

Hemiaspis signata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Hemiaspis
Species:	H. signata
Binomial name
Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859) [1]
Synonyms
Alecto signata Jan, 1859 Denisonia signata — Boulenger, 1896 Drepanodontis signata — Rankin, 1972 Hemiaspis signata — Cogger, 1983 [2]

Hemiaspis signata (common names: black-bellied swamp snake^[3] and marsh snake^[4]) is a species of venomous elapid snake endemic to Australia, where it is found along the east coast.^[5]

References

1. "Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
2. "Hemiaspis signata ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. "Two cases of bites by the black-bellied swamp snake (Hemiaspis signata)". National Center for Biotechnology Information. March 2002. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
4. "Whip Snakes and Marsh Snakes Fact Sheet" (PDF). Queensland Museum. 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
5. "Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859) - Black-bellied Swamp Snake". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Denisonia signata, pp. 338-339).

• Jan G. 1859. "Plan d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, et Description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de Serpents ". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, Paris, Series 2, 11: 122-130. (Alecto signata, new species, p. 128). (in French).

• Jan G, Sordelli F. 1873. Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Quarante-troisième livraison. Paris: Baillière. Index + Plates I-VI. (Alecto signata, Plate VI, figure 5). (in French).