Pseudonaja modesta (GÜNTHER, 1872)
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Pseudonaja modesta
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| 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 | Original description: “Scales smooth, in seventeen series. Head of moderate width and length, not depressed. Rostral shield somewhat projecting (as in Liophis controstris), higher than broad. Anterior frontals one third or one fourth the size of posterior. Vertical five-sided, much longer than broad; occipitals as long as vertical and postfrontals together, rounded behind. Nasal simple, pierced in the middle by the nostril, in contact with the single preocular. Two postoculars. Six upper labials, the sixth as long as the two preceding together. Temporals 1 + 2 + 3, the foremost in contact with the occipital, lower postocular, and two posterior labials. Eye of moderate size, with round pupil. Ventral and subcaudals 154+48, 157 +49, 165+42. Anal bifid. Upper parts uniform greenish olive, the lower whitish. In one specimen a darker collar, edged with yellowish in front and behind, is distinctly visible this specimen has also greyish spots on the abdomen. Anteocular generally yellow. This species has the appearance of a Diemenia, from which genus it differs by its pholidosis. We have obtained three examples from Western and North-western Australia; the largest is 16 inches long, the tail being 3 inches. One was obtained at Perth by Mr. Duboulay.” (Günther 1872: 35) |
| Comment | Synonymy of WELLS’ new names according to W. WÜSTER (pers. comm.). Venomous! |
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