Furina tristis (GÜNTHER, 1858)
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Brown-headed or grey-naped snake |
Synonym | Glyphodon tristis GÜNTHER 1858: 211 Brachysoma triste — GÜNTHER 1863 Mainophis robusta MACLEAY 1877: 36 Denisonia fenestrata DE VIS 1905: 50 Glyphodon tristis — BARBOUR 1914 Furina tristis — STORR 1981 Glyphodon tristis — COGGER 1983: 226 Furina tristis — GOLAY et al. 1993: 138 Furina tristis — FRANK & RAMUS 1995: 245 Furina tristis — COGGER 2000: 653 Glyphodon tristis — SCANLON 2003 Glyphodon tristis — GREER 2006 (online) Furina tristis — FERGUSON et al. 2012 Furina tristis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 298 |
Distribution | Australia (Queensland, Cape York peninsula), Islands of Torres Strait, Papua New Guinea (SE Irian Jaya) Type locality: NE coast of Australia |
Reproduction | oviparous. |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.18.99 (formerly 51.2.20.24), Syntypes: AM R31896-7, from Mawatta, Binaturi River (as Katow), Papua New Guinea [Mainophis robusta]. Syntypes: QM J200, from Qld.; other syntype presumed lost [Denisonia fenestrata] |
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Comment | Synonymy mainly after COGGER 1983. Venomous! Type species: Glyphodon tristis GÜNTHER 1858: 211 is the type species of the genus Glyphodon GÜNTHER 1858: 210, now a synonym of Furina Duméril 1853. |
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