Subspecies Oxyuranus scutellatus scutellatus (Peters, 1867)

• Pseudechis scutellatus Peters, W. 1867. Über Flederthiere und Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 703-713 [1868 on title page] [710] [an alternate taxonomy (Hoser 2012) considers this taxon more diverse than treated herein, with a redescription of the nomen nudum Oxyuranus scutellatus barringeri Hoser, 2002 giving additional content as: Oxyuranus scutellatus andrewwilsoni Hoser, 2012. This taxonomy has not gained widespread acceptance].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 5883, Rockhampton, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   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.
• Pseudechis wilesmithii De Vis, C.W. 1911. Description of snakes apparently new. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 22-25 [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J201, Walsh River, QLD.
• Oxyuranus maclennani Kinghorn, J.R. 1923. A new genus of elapine snake from north Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 14: 42-45 [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R7901, Coen, Cape York Peninsula, QLD.
• Oxyuranus scutellatus barringeri Hoser, R. 2002. An overview of the taipans, genus Oxyuranus (Serpentes: Elapidae), including the description of a new subspecies. Crocodilian — Journal of the Victorian Association of Amateur Herpetologists 3(1): 43-50 [nomen nudum].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R60666, 6 km northwest of Amax Camp, Mitchell Plateau, Kimberley region, Western Australia [14°47'S 125°55'E].

  Secondary source:

   Wüster, W., Dumbrell, A.J., Hay, C., Pook, C.E., Williams, D.J. and Grieg, B. 2005. Snakes across the strait: trans-torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus and Pseudechis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(1): 1-14.

 

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. [229]

 

Generic Combinations

• Oxyuranus scutellatus scutellatus (Peters, 1867).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Kimberley region, WA ,to northern NT, and Eastern Qld to far NE of NSW

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, diurnal, low open woodland, open forest, oviparous, predator, tall forest, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

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. [229] (did not identify subspecies, but listed names as synonyms of ,i>O. scutellatus)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		19-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)