Suta dwyeri (WORRELL, 1956)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Variable Black-naped Snake
Synonym	Denisonia dwyeri WORRELL 1956 Cryptophis dwyeri — WORRELL 1961 Unechis dwyeri — COGGER 1983 Suta dwyeri — HUTCHINSON 1990 Suta dwyeri — VALENTIC 1998 Suta spectabilis dwyeri — COGGER 2000: 692 Parasuta dwyeri — GREER 2006 (online) Parasuta dwyeri — MICHAEL et al. 2011 Parasuta dwyeri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 533 Parasuta spectabilis dwyeri — COGGER 2014: 913 Suta dwyeri — MARYAN et al. 2020
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales to S Queensland) Type locality: Glenmorgan, Qld.
Reproduction	ovovivparous.
Types	Holotype: AMS (AM) R14808
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1924 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Venomous!
Etymology	Named after John Dwyer, an Australian herpetologist and reptile collector who collected for Taronga Zoo, Sydney.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Coventry, A. J. 1971. Identification of the black-headed snakes (Denisonia) within Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 88: 304-306 - get paper here Kay, G.M.; D. Michael; M. Crane; S. Okada; C. MacGregor; D. Florance; D. Trengove; L. McBurney; D. Blair; D.B. Lindenmayer. 2013. A list of reptiles and amphibians from Box Gum Grassy Woodlands in south-eastern Australia. Check List 9 (3):476-481 - get paper here MARYAN, BRAD; IAN G. BRENNAN, MARK N. HUTCHINSON, LUKAS S. GEIDANS 2020. What’s under the hood? Phylogeny and taxonomy of the snake genera Parasuta Worrell and Suta Worrell (Squamata: Elapidae), with a description of a new species from the Pilbara, Western Australia. Zootaxa 4778 (1): 1–47 - get paper here Michael, D.R.; D.B. Lindenmayer. 2011. Diplodactylus tessellatus Gunther, 1875 (Squamata: Diplodactylidae), Parasuta dwyeri Greer, 2006 and Suta suta Peters, 1863 (Squamata: Elapidae): Distribution extension in the Murray catchment of New South Wales, South-eastern Australia. Check List 7 (5): 578-580 - 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 Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. Valentic, Rob. 1998. A size record and further distributional data for Suta dwyeri (Elapidae) in the Sydney Basin. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 28 (1): 30-31. 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. Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp. Worrell, E. 1956. A new snake from Queensland. Australian Zoologist 12: 202-205 Worrell, E. 1961. Herpetological Name Changes. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 18—27. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/snakes/elapids/elapids.htm http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/elapidae.pdf http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/snakes/snakedetail.asp?TaxName=Suta… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Elapidae/Parasuta/dwyeri Google images

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