Biology:Suta (snake)

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Suta
Suta suta 3 - Christopher Watson.jpg
Suta suta, curl snake
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Suta
Worrell, 1961

Suta is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. The genus is endemic to mainland Australia .[1]

Species

  • Suta dwyeri (Worrell, 1956) – Dwyer's snake, variable black-naped snake, whip snake – New South Wales, Queensland
  • Suta fasciata (Rosén, 1905) – Rosen's snake – Western Australia
  • Suta flagellum (McCoy, 1878) – little whip snake, whip hooded snake – New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
  • Suta gaikhorstorum Maryan, Brennan, Hutchinson, & Geidans, 2020 – Pilbara hooded snake – Western Australia
  • Suta gouldii (Gray, 1841) – black-headed snake, Gould's hooded snake – Western Australia
  • Suta monachus (Storr, 1964) – hooded snake, monk snake – New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
  • Suta nigriceps (Günther, 1863) – black-backed snake, copper snake, Mallee black-backed snake, Mitchell's short-tailed snake – New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
  • Suta ordensis (Storr, 1984) – Ord curl snake – Northern Territory (?), Western Australia
  • Suta punctata (Boulenger, 1896) – little spotted snake, spotted snake – Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
  • Suta spectabilis (Krefft, 1869) – Port Lincoln snake, spectacled hooded snake – New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
  • Suta suta (W. Peters, 1863) – curl snake (eastern states), myall snake (Western Australia) – New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Toxicity

Snakes belonging to the genus Suta are mildly to highly venomous, depending on the species.

References

Further reading

  • Worrell E (1961). "Herpetological Name Changes". West Australian Naturalist 8: 18–27. (Suta, new genus).

Wikidata ☰ Q195372 entry