Species Pseudechis weigeli (Wells & Wellington, 1987)

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• Cannia weigeli Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1987. A new species of proteroglyphous snake (Serpentes: Oxyuranidae) from Australia. Australian Herpetologist 503: 1-9 [Date published 1988?] [1].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R???? (formerly AM R123995, originally AZM1000), Mitchell River, ca. 2 km upstream from Mitchell Falls, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M., Weigel, J., Harwood, A., Floriani, H. & Hemsley, C. 1988. Notes on the herpetofauna of Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia. Results of the 1987 Australian Herpetological Society field trip to the Kimberleys. Herpetofauna 18(1): 9-20; Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [65].

 

Generic Combinations

• Pseudechis weigeli (Wells & Wellington, 1987).

 

Introduction

The validity of this species has been debated among herpetologists. Cogger (2014) includes the species as "status uncertain". Molecular analyses by Maddock et al. (2016) support a specific separation although with less the authors stress that further data are needed to confirm this recognition.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

General References

Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [920-921]

Maddock, S.T., Childerstone, A., Fry, B.G., Williams, D.J., Barlow, A. & Wüster, W. 2016. Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitation of Australo-Papuan blacksnakes (Pseudechis Wagler, 1830: Elapidae: Serpentes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 48-55

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		07-Jun-2012	ADDED