Species Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Alecto signata Jan, G. 1859. Plan d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces des Serpents. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 11–12: 122-130 [128] [also Jan, G. 1859. Prodrome d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de Serpents venimeux.. Reprinted from: Rev. Mag. Zool. (2)10 and (2)11-12, 1858 and 1859. Paris : Bouchard-Huzard. 32 pp. pl. C].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (presumed lost), Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Jan, G. 1859. Prodrome d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de Serpents venimeux. Reprinted from: Rev. Mag. Zool. (2)10 and (2)11-12, 1858 and 1859. Paris : Bouchard-Huzard. 32 pp.
• Denisonia vagrans Garman, S. 1901. Some reptiles and batrachians from Australasia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 39: 1-14 [13] [as variety of Denisonia signata].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 6490, Dunk Is., QLD.

 

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. [227]

 

Generic Combinations

• Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, swamp, tall forest, terrestrial, viviparous.

Extra Ecological Information

Anuriphagous, lacertiphagous.

 

General References

Ormsby, A.I. 1950. The marsh snake. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1948: 29-31 (natural history)

Rankin, P.R. 1972. Notes on the swamp snake (Drepanodontis signata) in captivity. Herpetofauna 5: 15-17 (natural history)

Shine, R. 1979. Activity patterns in Australian elapid snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetologica 35: 1-11 (ecology)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Black-bellied Swamp Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		26-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)