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Suta dwyeri (WORRELL, 1956)

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Higher TaxaElapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Variable Black-naped Snake 
SynonymDenisonia 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
Suta dwyeri — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 210 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales to S Queensland)

Type locality: Glenmorgan, Qld.  
Reproductionovovivparous. 
TypesHolotype: AMS (AM) R14808 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1924 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous! 
EtymologyNamed 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
  • Eipper T & Eipper S 2024. SNAKES OF AUSTRALIA. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 368 pp. - 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
 
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