Pygmy mulga snake
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.
| Pygmy mulga snake | |
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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) | |
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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
- "Pseudechis weigeli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 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).
- 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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