Dunmall's snake

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

Dunmall's snake (Furina dunmalli) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species 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

F. dunmalli 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]

[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Furina dunmalli ". 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. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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

  • Worrell E (1955). "A New Elapine Snake from Queensland". Proc. Royal Zool. Soc. New South Wales 1953-54: 41-43. (Glyphodon dunmalli, new species).


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