Pygmy mulga snake

Pygmy mulga snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Elapidae
Genus:Pseudechis
Species: P. weigeli
Binomial name
Pseudechis weigeli
(Wells & Wellington, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cannia weigeli
    Wells & Wellington, 1987
  • Pseudechis weigeli
    — Wüster et al., 2004

The pygmy mulga snake (Pseudechis weigeli), also commonly known as the pygmy king brown snake,[2] is a species of venomous snake in the black snake genus Pseudechis in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Australia.

Geographic range

In Australia P. weigeli is endemic to the Kimberley ranges.[1]

Taxonomy

P. weigeli was genetically confirmed as a distinct species in 2017.[3] Within the genus Pseudechis it is most closely related to the eastern dwarf mulga snake and an as yet undescribed species from the Northern Territory.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, weigeli, is in honor of Australian herpetologist John Randall Weigel (born 1955).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pseudechis weigeli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 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. (Pseudechis weigeli, p. 281).
  3. 1 2 Maddock ST, Childerstone A, Fry BG, Williams DJ, Barlow A, Wüster W (2017). "Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitation of Australo-Papuan blacksnakes (Pseudechis Wagler, 1830: Elapidae: Serpentes)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 48–55.

Further reading

  • Wells RW, Wellington CR (1987). "A new species of proteroglyphous snake (Serpentes: Oxyuranidae) from Australia". Australian Herpetologist (503): 1-8. (Cannia weigeli, new species).
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