Drysdalia coronoides (GÜNTHER, 1858)
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: White-lipped Snake G: Weißlippen-Otter |
Synonym | Hoplocephalus coronoides GÜNTHER 1858: 215 Alecto labialis JAN & SORDELLI 1873 Hoplocephalus coronoides — MCCOY 1878: 8 Denisonia coronoides — BOULENGER 1896 (part.) Denisonia nigra DE VIS 1905: 50 Denisonia coronoides — KINGHORN 1924 Drysdalia coronoides — WORRELL 1961 Notechis coronoides STORR 1982 Drysdalia coronoides — COGGER 1983: 223 Drysdalia coronoides — WELCH 1994: 57 Drysdalia coronoides — COGGER 2000: 646 Drysdalia coronoides — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Drysdalia coronoides — WALLACH et al. 2014: 249 |
Distribution | Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria) Type locality: Tas. (original description cites Tasmania and Australia), designated by Coventry & Rawlinson (1980). |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.39 Holotype: MNHP (status unknown), from Australia [Alecto labialis] Holotype: QM J196, from Tasmania [Denisonia nigra]. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): see Coventry & Rawlinson 1980: 66 |
Comment | Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983. Venomous! Type species: Hoplocephalus coronoides GÜNTHER 1858: 215 is the type species of the genus Drysdalia WORRELL 1961. Diet: skinks |
Etymology | Named after Greek korone (wreath, crown, diadem) + oides (resembling), alluding to the head stripes, which resemble a head-wreath or regal diadem. The genus was named after George Russell Drysdale, Australian artist who accompanied Worrell to Tasmanian islands where he collected the type material. George Russell Drysdale (1912–1981) is considered one of the greatest Australian artists. |
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