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Pseudechis porphyriacus (SHAW, 1794)

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Serpentes (snakes) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Red-bellied Black Snake
G: Rotbäuchige Schwarzotter 
SynonymColuber porphyriacus SHAW 1794: 27
Trimeresurus leptocephalus LACÉPÈDE 1804: 209
Acanthophis tortor LESSON 1830
Naja porphyrica SCHLEGEL 1837: 479 (in error pro Coluber porphyriacus)
Trimeresurus porphyreus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 1247
Pseudechis porphyraicus [sic] MCCOY 1867 (in error pro Coluber porphyriacus)
Pseudechis porphyriacus - COGGER 1983
Pseudechis porphyriacus — WELCH 1994: 103
Pseudechis porphyriacus — COGGER 2000: 668
Pseudechis porphyriacus eipperi HOSER 2003
Pseudechis porphyriacus rentoni HOSER 2003
Pseudechis porphyriacus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria) Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
TypesSyntypes: presumed lost, from unspecified locality.
Lectotype: (only syntype located), RMNH unnumbered, from Australia, designated by Cogger 1983 [Trimeresurus leptocephalus].
Syntypes: not found, from Australasia (Port Jackson, N. S. W. and New South Wales) [Acanthophis tortor]. 
CommentSynonymy after COGGER 1983.

Reproduction: viviparous.

Synonymy: P. p. eipperi and rentoni are probably synonyms of the nominate form, P. porphyriacus (W. WÜSTER, pers. comm., 15 Dec 2010).

Venomous! 
References
  • Blackburn, D.G. 1994. Standardized criteria for the recognition of embryonic nutritional patterns in squamate reptiles. Copeia 1994 (4): 925-935 - get paper here
  • Blackburn, Daniel G. 1999. Are Viviparity and Egg-guarding Evolutionarily Labile in Squamates? Herpetologica 55 (4): 556-573 - get paper here
  • Cogger,H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Duméril, A. M. C., BIBRON, G. & DUMÉRIL, A. H. A., 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: i-xii + 781-1536 - get paper here
  • Hoser, R. 2003. A re-assessment of the taxonomy of the red-bellied black snakes (Pseudechis) with the description of two new subspecies. Boydii, unnumbered: 15-18 - get paper here
  • Kaiser, H.; Crother, B.I.; Kelly, C.M.R.; Luiselli, L.; O’Shea, M.; Ota, H.; Passos, P.; Schleip, W. 2013. Best Practices: In the 21st Century, Taxonomic Decisions in Herpetology are Acceptable Only When Supported by a Body of Evidence and Published via Peer-Review. Herpetological Review 44 (1): 8-23
  • LaCépède, B. G. E. L. 1804. Mémoire sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle- Hollande dont la description n’a pas encore été publiée. Annales du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4:184-211
  • Lesson, R.P. 1830. Description de quelques reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus. In: M.L.I. Duperrey, Voyage Autour du Monde Execute par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de La Majeste, La Coquille, exécuté Pendant les Annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. 2. Zoologie 2 (1). Arthur Bertrand, Paris: 1-65
  • Longman, H. A. 1915. Reptiles from Queensland and the Northern Territory. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 3:30-34.
  • McCoy, F. 1867. On the recent zoology and palaeontology of Victoria. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 20: 175-202 - get paper here
  • Michael, D.R.; D.B. Lindenmayer; M. Crane; C. MacGregor; R. Montague-Drake; L. McBurney. 2011. Reptilia, Murray catchment, New South Wales, southeastern Australia. Check List 7 (1):25-29 - get paper here
  • Murphy, Michael J. 1994. Reptiles and amphibians of Seven Mile Beach National park, NSW. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 24 (2): 24-30
  • Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Générale: xxviii +251 S. + Partie Descriptive: 606 S. + xvi. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum) - get paper here
  • Shaw,G. 1794. The Zoology of New Holland. London, 33 pp. - get paper here
  • Shine, R. 1977. Habitats, diets, and sympatry in snakes: a study from Australia. Can. J. Zool. 55: 1118-1128
  • Shine, Richard;Grigg, Gordon;Shine, Terri G.;Harlow, Peter 1981. Mating and male combat in Australian blacksnakes, Pseudechis porphyriacus Journal of Herpetology 15 (1): 101-107 - get paper here
  • Wilson,S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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