Drysdalia rhodogaster (JAN, 1873)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Mustard-bellied Snake
Synonym	Alecto rhodogaster JAN 1863: 117 (nom. nud.) Alecto rhodogaster JAN in JAN & SORDELLI 1873 Hoplocephalus collaris MACLEAY 1887 Denisonia coronoides BOULENGER 1896: 336 (part.) Pseudelaps minutus FRY 1915: 93 Aspidomorphus minutus — MINTON et al. 1970 Drysdalia rhodogaster — COVENTRY & RAWLINSON 1980 Notechis rhodogaster — STORR 1982 Drysdalia rhodogaster — COGGER 1983: 224 Drysdalia rhodogaster — WELCH 1994: 57 Drysdalia rhodogaster — COGGER 2000: 647 Drysdalia rhodogaster — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Drysdalia rhodogaster — WALLACH et al. 2014: 250
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales) Type locality: Australia
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: ZMH 477 (= R00747) fide Coventry & Rawlinson (1980). Holotype: MMUS (presumed lost), from near Bega, N. S. W. [Hoplocephalus collaris] Holotype: AM R3971, from Colo Vale, N. S. W. [Pseudelaps minutus]
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Comment	Venomous! Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983. COVENTRY & RAWLINSON 1980 removed Pseudelaps minutus from synonymy with Drysdalia mastersii.
Etymology	Apparently named after Greek rhodon (a rose, hence red) and gaster (belly), in allusion to the reddish venter of the species.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Coventry, A. J. & Rawlinson, P. A. 1980. Taxonomic revision of the elapid snake genus Drysdalia Worrell, 1961. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vict. 41: 65-78 - get paper here Dubey, Sylvain; J. Scott Keogh, Richard Shine 2010. Plio-pleistocene diversification and connectivity between mainland and Tasmanian populations of Australian snakes (Drysdalia, Elapidae, Serpentes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (3): 1119-1125 - get paper here Fry, Dene B. 1915. Descriptions of two new species of Pseudelaps, and a key ot the genus. Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 27: 91- - get paper here Jan, G. 1863. Elenco Sistematico degli Ofidi descriti e disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. Milano, A. Lombardi. vii + 143 pp. - get paper here Jan, G. & Sordelli, F. 1873. Iconographie Générale des Ophidiens. Atlas 1860-1881. Milan: Jan & Sordelli, 50 livr. - get paper here Kinghorn, J. Roy 1926. Note on Pseudelaps minutus Fry. Rec. Austral. Mus. 15 (1): 65 - get paper here Macleay, W. 1887. Description of a new species of Hoplocephalus. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales (2) 1: 1111-1112 - get paper here Shine, R. 1981. Venomous snakes in cold climates: ecology of the Australian genus Drysdalia (Serpentes : Elapidae). Copeia 1981 (1): 14-25 - get paper here Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/elapidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Elapidae/Drysdalia… Google images

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