Taxobox image Dugite snake.jpg caption Spotted Brown Snake name Pseudonaja regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Reptilia ordo Squamata subordo Serpentes familia Elapidae genus Pseudonaja genus authority Albert C. L. G. G nther G nther , 1858 Pseudonaja is a genus of venom poison venomous elapid snake s native to Australia . Members are known commonly as brown snakes and are considered to be one of the most dangerous snakes in the country even young snakes are capable of delivering a fatal envenomation to a human. Species Dugite or Spotted Brown Snake , Pseudonaja affinis Pseudonaja affinis affinis Albert C. L. G. G nther G nther , 1872 coastal mainland Western Australia . Pseudonaja affinis exilis G.M. Storr Storr , 1989 mainland Western Australia and Rottnest Island . Pseudonaja affinis tanneri E. Worrell Worrell , 1961 mainland Western Australia, Boxer Island and other islands. Speckled Brown Snake or Spotted Brown Snake , Pseudonaja guttata H.W. Parker Parker , 1926 Northern Territory , Queensland , and South Australia . Peninsula Brown Snake , Pseudonaja inframacula E.R. Waite Waite , 1925 South Australia, Western Australia, Eyre Peninsula . Ingram s Brown Snake , Pseudonaja ingrami George Albert Boulenger Boulenger , 1908 Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia . Ringed Brown Snake , Pseudonaja modesta Albert C. L. G. G nther G nther , 1872 New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia. Gwardar or Western Brown Snake , Pseudonaja nuchalis Albert C. L. G. G nther G nther , 1858 New South Wales, Northern Territory ... , Pseudonaja textilis Andr Marie Constant Dum ril Dum ril , Gabriel Bibron Bibron & Auguste Dum ril ... Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis is the most toxic member of the genus and is considered by some ... Pseudonaja Category Elapidae Category Reptiles of Australia Elapidae stub de Braunschlangen fr Pseudonaja lt Rudosios gyvat s tr Kahverengi y lan zh ... more details
Venom and Symptoms Although the Western Brown snake s venom is not the most toxic in the Pseudonaja ... Category Reptiles of Australia Category Reptiles of Western Australia fr Pseudonaja nuchalis ... more details
2008 03 13 ref Behavior Like other Pseudonaja brown snakes , dugites are Diurnality diurnal . The female ... of Pseudonaja affinis Dugite Judge R.K., Henry P.J., d Aprile A.C., Lynch D., Jelinek G., Wilce ... of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4 9 13 37 ref It is a member of the genus Pseudonaja ... taxon Pseudonaja affinis id 700661 ref The descriptions of three subspecies are currently accepted, they are ref NRDB species genus Pseudonaja species affinis ref Pseudonaja affinis affinis Pseudonaja .... Perth Western Australian Museum Press 3rd edn., 24 pp. ref Pseudonaja affinis tanneri Eric ... New Holland Publishers. ISBN 1853685852 External links Commons Pseudonaja affinis Pseudonaja affinis wikispecies Pseudonaja affinis http www.avru.org general general dugite.html Includes poison Venom ... fr Pseudonaja affinis ... more details
Brown snake is the common name given to a number of very different species of snakes The genus Pseudonaja , Australian brown snakes The genus Storeria , North American brown snakes The species Elapognathus minor , the Australian short nosed, or little brown, snake The species Pseudechis australis , the Australian mulga, or king brown, snake disambig ... more details
on Narrabeen Sandstone at Resolute Beach, Pittwater , New South Wales Image Pseudonaja textilis Nerrigundah.jpg ... Zootaxa 1703 47 commons category Pseudonaja textilis Brown Snake reflist Further reading http ... in 1854 bg de stliche Braunschlange es Pseudonaja textilis fr Pseudonaja textilis pt Pseudonaja textilis fi Pseudonaja textilis sv Brunorm tr Do u kahverengi y lan ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Pseudohaje image image caption image width regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata subphylum Vertebrate Vertebrata classis Reptile Reptilia ordo Squamata subordo Serpentes familia Elapidae genus Pseudohaje genus authority G nther, 1858 subdivision ranks Species subdivision See text. Pseudohaje is a genus of African Elapidae elapid snakes, commonly called tree cobras or forest cobras because of their arboreal lifestyle. ref http animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu site accounts classification Pseudohaje.html Pseudohaje ref ref name bogert cite journal last Bogert first Charles M. authorlink coauthors year 1942 month title Pseudohaje G nther, a valid genus for two West African arboreal cobras journal American Museum of Natural History volume issue pages id url http digitallibrary.amnh.org dspace bitstream 2246 4745 1 N1174.pdf accessdate 2008 11 30 quote ref Characteristics Tree cobras have proportionally larger eyes compared to Naja spp., smaller fang s, and smaller bone structures. ref name bogert Members were formerly categorized as Naja , but anatomical analysis of midbody Snake scales scale rows distinguished them as a separate taxon . ref name bogert Species Pseudohaje goldii Gold s tree cobra ref Boulenger 1895 ref Pseudohaje nigra Black tree cobra ref G nther 1858 ref See also Pseudonaja References reflist External links wikispecies inline http data.gbif.org species 13213940 Genus Pseudohaje at GBIF Portal Category Elapidae Elapidae stub fr Pseudohaje pl Pseudohaje ru zh ... more details
Pseudonaja affinis Dugite Pseudonaja inframacula Peninsula Brown Snake Pseudonaja ingrami Ingram s Brown Snake Pseudonaja modesta Ringed Brown Snake Pseudonaja nuchalis Western Brown Snake, Gwarder Pseudonaja textilis Common Brown Snake, Eastern Brown Snake Rhinoplocephalus bicolor Muller s Snake ... more details
The Archipelago of the Recherche , a large island group off the southern coast of Western Australia , is recognised as containing 22 terrestrial reptile species. This is a list of reptiles of the Archipelago of the Recherche ref cite book author Browne Cooper, R., Bush, B., Maryan, B., Robinson, D. title Reptiles and Frogs in the Bush Southwestern Australia year 2007 month publisher University of Western Australia Press isbn 9778 1 920694 74 6 pages 281 chapter Island species lists Archipelago of the Recherche chapterurl quote ref ref cite web url http www.museum.wa.gov.au faunabase asp bin ByAreacx.asp?d Reptiles&g SWA1hr.gif title Reptiles database area search work FaunaBase publisher Western Australian Museum accessdate 2008 04 01 quote Specimen records Israelite Bay Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref class wikitable sortable Common name Scientific name Mallee Lashtail Dragon Amphibolurus norrisi Ornate Crevice Dragon Ctenophorus ornatus Western Marbled Gecko Christinus marmoratus Barking Gecko Underwoodisaurus milii Southern Heath Monitor Varanus rosenbergi Southwestern Cool Skink Acritoscincus trilineatum Cream striped Fence Skink Cryptoblepharus virgatus clarus Red legged Skink Ctenotus labillardiera King s Skink Egernia kingii Bull headed Skink Egernia multiscutata Southwestern Crevice Skink Egernia napoleonis Four toed Mulch Skink Hemiergis peronii peronii Southern Four toed Lerista Lerista dorsalis South Coast Five toed Lerista Lerista microtis intermedia Southern Pale flecked Morethia Morethia obscura Western Bobtail Tiliqua rugosa rugosa Southern Carpet Python Morelia spilota imbricata Southern Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus Crowned Snake Elapognathus coronatus Recherche Island Dugite Pseudonaja affinis tanneri References reflist Further reading cite journal author Smith, L.A. and Johnstone, R.E. year 1996 title Biogeography of the herpetofauna of the Archipelago of the Recherche, Western Australia journal Journal of the Royal Society of Wes ... more details
about the Australian snake Tai Pan disambiguation Taxobox name Taipans image FierceSnakeOlive.jpg image width 250px image caption Inland Taipan Oxyuranus microlepidotus regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Reptile Reptilia ordo Squamata subordo Serpentes familia Elapidae genus Oxyuranus subdivision ranks Species subdivision Oxyuranus scutellatus O. scutellatus br Coastal Taipan O. s. scutellatus Coastal Taipan br O. s. canni Papuan Taipan br Inland Taipan O. microlepidotus Inland Taipan br Oxyuranus temporalis O. temporalis Central Ranges Taipan The taipans are a genus of large, fast, highly venom poison venomous Australasia n snake s of the elapid family. Overview Image Coastal Taipan.jpg thumb left 150px A coastal taipan. The taipan was named by Donald Thomson after the word used by the Wik Mungkan Indigenous Australians Aboriginal people of central Cape York Peninsula , Queensland , Australia. ref Sutton, Peter. Wik Ngathan Dictionary, 1995. ref There are three known species the Coastal Taipan coastal taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus , the Inland Taipan inland taipan Oxyuranus microlepidotus and a recently discovered third species, the Oxyuranus temporalis Central Ranges taipan Oxyuranus temporalis . ref Doughty, Paul et al. http www.mapress.com zootaxa 2007f zt01422p058.pdf A New Species of Taipan Elapidae Oxyuranus from Central Australia . Zootaxa 1422, 2007 pages 45 58 . ref The coastal taipan has two subspecies the coastal taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus scutellatus , found along the north eastern coast of Queensland and the Papuan taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus canni , found on the southern coast of Papua New Guinea . Their diet consists primarily of small mammals, especially rats and bandicoots . One species, the inland taipan Oxyuranus microlepidotus , which is endemic to Australia, has the most toxic venom of any terrestrial snake species worldwide. Pseudonaja textilis intervenes between the inland and coastal taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus which has th ... more details
otheruses Taxobox name Dendroaspis image image width 215px image caption Black Mamba regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata subphylum Vertebrata classis Reptile Reptilia ordo Squamata subordo Serpentes familia Elapidae genus Dendroaspis genus authority Hermann Schlegel Schlegel , 1848 ref www.dahmstierleben.de ref ref Wikispecies ref subdivision ranks Species subdivision Dendroaspis angusticeps Jameson s mamba Dendroaspis jamesoni Dendroaspis polylepis Dendroaspis viridis range map range map caption Mambas , of the genus Dendroaspis literally tree snake , are a group of highly venomous, fast moving land dwelling snake s of Africa . They belong to the family of Elapidae which includes cobra s, coral snake s, taipan s, Pseudonaja brown snake s, tiger snake s, Acanthophis death adders , Bungarus krait s and, debatably, sea snake s although sea snakes are now classed as Hydrophiidae . Mambas are feared throughout their ranges in Africa, especially the Black mamba . In Africa , there are many legends and stories describing these snakes. Behavior Most of the members of this genus for example green mambas are arboreal . However, the black mamba is terrestrial. They are diurnal animal diurnal during the day, they actively hunt their prey of small mammal s, bird s, and lizard s, and return to the same lair nightly. Mambas are related to the cobra s Elapidae their threat display, when they stretch a slightly smaller hood while gaping their mouth, is similar. Many people believe that the black mamba will chase and attack humans. However, this is probably misunderstood because of the speed with which this species can move. ref name new cite book title The new encyclopedia of Reptiles Serpent year 2002 publisher Time Book Ltd ref The black mamba usually uses its speed to escape from threats. Humans are actually their main predators, rather than their prey mambas generally avoid contact with humans. Venom All mambas are highly venomous. Their venoms consist mostly of neurotoxi ... more details
Encyclopedia
top
