Pseudonaja modesta (GÜNTHER, 1872)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Ringed Brown Snake
Synonym	Cacophis modesta GÜNTHER 1872: 35 Furina ramsayi MACLEAY 1885: 61 (fide COGGER 1983) Brachysoma sutherlandi DE VIS 1884: 139 Demansia modesta — FRY 1914: 192 Diemenia modesta — STERNFELD 1925: 226 Demansia modesta LOVERIDGE 1934 Pseudonaja modesta — COGGER 1983: 233 Pseudonaja modesta — WELCH 1994: 105 Pseudonaja modesta — COGGER 2000: 671 Notopseudonaja modesta — WELLS 2002 Notopseudonaja ramsayi — WELLS 2002 Notopseudonaja sutherlandi — WELLS 2002 Pseudonaja modesta — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Pseudonaja modesta — WALLACH et al. 2014: 605
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia)
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.46, Western Australia, presented Dr. Gunther. Designation by Wells & Wellington (1985). Syntypes: AM B5945, AM B5947-8, from Milparinka, Barrier Ranges, N. S. W. (original register entry and type labels cite Silverton, N. S. W. ) [Furina ramsayi]
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy of WELLS’ new names according to W. WÜSTER (pers. comm.). Venomous!
Etymology
References	Bush, B. 1981. Reptiles of the Kalgoorlie-Esperance Region. B. Bush, Perth, 46 pp - get paper here Bush, B. & Maryan, B. 2006. Snakes and Snake-like Reptiles of Southern Western Australia. Snakes Harmful & Harmless, Stoneville, Perth, Western Australia, 40 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Fry, D. B. 1914. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from Western Australia. Rec. West. Austral. Mus. 1:174-210 - get paper here Gillam, M. W. 1979. The genus Pseudonaja (Serpentes : Elapidae) in the Northern Territory. Territory Parks Wildl. Commn. Res. Bull. 1: 1-28 Günther,A. 1872. Seventh account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 9: 13-37 - get paper here Macleay, W. 1885. On a new snake from the Barrier Ranges. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 10: 61-62 [1886 on title page]. - get paper here Skinner, Adam 2009. A multivariate morphometric analysis and systematic review of Pseudonaja (Serpentes, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (1): 171-197 - get paper here Skinner, Adam; Stephen C. Donnellan; Mark N. Hutchinson and Rhonda G. Hutchinson 2005. A phylogenetic analysis of Pseudonaja (Hydrophiinae, Elapidae, Serpentes) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 37 (2): 558-571 - get paper here Sternfeld, R. 1925. Beiträge zur Herpetologie Inner-Australiens. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 38: 221—251 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. Wells, Richard W. 2002. Taxonomy of the Genus Pseudonaja (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Australia. Australian Biodiversity Record (7): 1-41 Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/snakes/elapids/elapids.htm http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/elapidae.pdf http://www.liasis.net/ebooks/pseudonaja.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Elapidae/Pseudonaja/modesta Google images

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