Suta fasciata (ROSÉN, 1905)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Rosen's Snake
Synonym	Denisonia fasciata ROSÉN 1905: 179 Denisonia fasciata — WORRELL 1961: 24 Suta fasciata MCDOWELL 1970 Denisonia fasciata — SMITH 1980 Denisonia fasciata — COGGER 1983: 222 Suta fasciata — HUTCHINSON 1990 Suta fasciata — WELCH 1994: 109 Suta fasciata — COGGER 2000: 689 Hulimkai fasciata — HOSER 2012 Suta fasciata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 691 Suta fasciata — MARYAN et al. 2020
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: 'Western Australia".
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Syntypes: MZLU (was ZMLU) No. 129, collected N. Holst, 1897. A lectotype designation by Wells & Wellington (1985) is invalid as it does not specify which of the two specimens under this number is so designated.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Distinguished from D. punctata by having 17, rather than 15 rows of scales at midbody, and from D. devisi and D. maculata of eastern Australia by having unbarred labials. (Smith 1980) Additional details (1510 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Venomous!
Etymology	Named after Latin fascia = band, apparently for the cross-bands in this species.
References	Brischoux F, Pizzatto L, Shine R. 2010. Insights into the adaptive significance of vertical pupil shape in snakes. J Evol Biol. 23(9): 1878-85. - 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 BUSH, BRIAN B 2017. Additions to the description of Paroplocephalus atriceps (Serpentes: Elapidae) with a discussion on pupil shape in it and other Australian snakes. Zootaxa 4344 (2): 333-344 - get paper here Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Hoser, R. 2012. The description of a new genus of west Australian snake and eight new taxa in the genera Pseudonaja Gunther, 1858, Oxyuranus Kinghorn, 1923 and Panacedechis Wells and Wellington, 1985 (Serpentes: Elapidae). Australasian J. Herpetol. 11: 32-50 - get paper here Maryan, B., Gaikhorst, G., & Parkhurst, B. 2024. The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Zuytdorp coast and hinterland of Western Australia: Exceptional richness in a global biodiversity hotspot. Western Australian Naturalist, 33, 3 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 Rosén, N. 1905. List of the snakes in the Zoological Museum of Lund and Malmö, with descriptions of new species and a new genus. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 15: 168-181 - get paper here Smith, L. A. 1980. Taxonomy of Denisonia punctata and Denisonia fasciata (Serpentes: Elapidae). Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 8: 327-333 - get paper here 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. 1961. Herpetological Name Changes. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 18—27. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?stat=BROWSE_IMG&query_src… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Elapidae/Suta/fasciata Google images

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