Cacophis harriettae KREFFT, 1869
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Cacophis harriettae
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: White-crowned Snake, White-naped Snake |
| Synonym | Cacophis harriettae KREFFT 1869: 76 Glyphodon harrietae — WORRELL 1961 Pseudelaps harriettae — BOULENGER 1896: 318 Pseudelaps harriettae — LONGMAN 1918 Aspidomorphus harriettae Cacophis harriettae — COGGER 1983: 219 Cacophis harriettae — WELCH 1994: 39 Cacophis harriettae — COGGER 2000: 636 Cacophis harriettae — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Cacophis harriettae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 131 |
| Distribution | Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) Type locality: Warro, Port Curtis, Qld. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: AMS R142007 (AM) (formerly 6676), collected A.H. Blackman. Lectotype designation (by inference of holotype) by Cogger (1979); see Shea & Sadlier (1999). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “Maxilla with fewer than six teeth behind diastema (C1(1)); dentary with fewer than 20 teeth (C4(1)); nasal and preocular usually separated (C5(1)); nasal usually undivided (C8(1)); ventral count not less than 170 and may exceed 175 (C10(0)*); collar (and longitudinal pale stripes on body) usually white, not yellowish (C16(1)*); iris mainly white (C17(2)).” (Scanlon 2003: 14; C numbers are characters numbers in Scanlon 2003) |
| Comment | Venomous! |
| Etymology | Named after Harriett Scott (1830-1907), an artist who illustrated Krefft’s Mammals of Australia (1871) and some of his Snakes of Australia (1869). |
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