Genus Pseudonaja Günther, 1858

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudonaja Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xvi 281 pp. [227].

  Type species:

   Pseudonaja nuchalis Günther, 1858 by monotypy.
• Euprepiosoma Fitzinger, L. 1860. Ausbeute der Österreichischen Naturforscher an Säugethiere und Reptilien während der Weltumsegelung Sr. Majestat Fregatte Novara. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 42: 384-416 [410].

  Type species:

   Furina textilis Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 by monotypy.
• Dugitophis Wells, R.W. 2002. Taxonomy of the genus Pseudonaja (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Australia. Australian Biological Records 2002(7): 1-42 [14].

  Type species:

   Pseudonaja affinis Günther, 1872 by original designation.
• Notopseudonaja Wells, R.W. 2002. Taxonomy of the genus Pseudonaja (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Australia. Australian Biological Records 2002(7): 1-42 [11].

  Type species:

   Cacophis modesta Günther, 1872 by original designation.
• Placidaserpens Wells, R.W. 2002. Taxonomy of the genus Pseudonaja (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Australia. Australian Biological Records 2002(7): 1-42 [10].

  Type species:

   Demansia guttata Parker, 1926 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [232]
• Skinner, A. 2009. A multivariate morphometric analysis and systematic review of Pseudonaja (Serpentes, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155: 171-197

Introduction

An alternate taxonomy (Hoser 2003, 2012) considers this taxon more speciose than treated herein, with additional Australian content being: Pseudonaja affinis charlespiersoni Hoser, 2012; P. elliotti Hoser, 2003; P. guttata whybrowi Hoser, 2012; P. textilis cliveevatti Hoser, 2012; P. textilis leswilliamsi Hoser, 2012; P. textilis rollinsoni Hoser, 2012. This taxonomy has not gained widespread acceptance.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB) ; NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK) ; NT, Qld, WA: Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

General References

Hoser, R. 2003. A new species of elapid (Serpentes: Elapidae) from western New South Wales. Crocodilian — Journal of the Victorian Association of Amateur Herpetologists 4(2): 19-26

Hoser, R.T. 2012. The description of a new genus of Western Australian snake and eight new taxa in the genera Pseudonaja Gunther, 1858, Oxyuranus Kinghorn, 1923 and Panacedechis Wells and Wellington, 1985 (Serpentes; Elapidae). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 11: 32-50

History of changes