Species Pseudechis guttatus De Vis, 1905

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudechis guttata De Vis, C.W. 1905. A new genus of lizards. Annals of the Queensland Museum 6: 46-52 pl. 15 [49].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J189, Cecil Plains, QLD.
• Pseudechis mortonensis De Vis, C.W. 1911. Description of snakes apparently new. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 22-25 [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J207a (see Covacevich, J. 1971. Amphibian and reptile type specimens in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 49–68 [64]), 'Brisbane Suburbs', QLD.
• Panacedechis worrelli Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [47].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R116985 (previously AMF 16804), Warrumbungle Mountains, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   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 [66].

 

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. [231]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, tall forest, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

General carnivore.

 

General References

Charles, N., Whitaker, P. & Shine, R. 1980. Oviparity and captive breeding in the spotted black snake, Pseudechis guttatus (Serpentes: Elapidae). The Australian Zoologist 20: 361-364 (reproduction)

Mackay, R.D. 1955. A revision of the genus Pseudechis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1953–54: 15-23 (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Spotted Black Snake)

 

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)