Drysdalia mastersii (KREFFT, 1866)
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Masters' Snake |
Synonym | Hoplocephalus mastersii KREFFT 1866: 370 Denisonia coronoides BOULENGER 1896 (part.) Drysdalia mastersii — WORRELL 1961 Notechis mastersii — STORR 1982 Drysdalia mastersii — COGGER 1983: 224 Drysdalia mastersii — WELCH 1994: 57 Drysdalia mastersii — COGGER 2000: 647 Drysdalia mastersii — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Drysdalia mastersii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 249 |
Distribution | Australia (South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) Type locality: Flindera Ranges (as Flinder's Range), S. A. |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.42, the only syntype (out of 7) located; designated by Coventry & Rawlinson (1980). |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Coventry & Rawlinson (1980) removed Pseudelaps minutus Fry 1915 from synonymy with Drysdalia mastersii. Distribution: All NSW populations formerly ascribed to mastersii are now rhodogaster. Mastersii is restricted to NW Victoria, southern SA and SE WA (G. Shea, pers. comm., 5 March 2021). Venomous! |
Etymology | Named after George Masters (1837-1912), an English entomologist who emigrated to Australia. |
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