Species Pseudechis porphyriacus (Shaw, 1794)

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Species Pseudechis porphyriacus (Shaw, 1794)

Red-bellied Black Snake

Coluber porphyriacus Shaw, G. 1794. The Zoology of New Holland. Illustrated by J. Sowerby. London. 33 pp. [27, pl. 10].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (presumed lost), unspecified locality.
Trimeresurus leptocephalus Lacépède, B.G.E. 1804. Mémoire sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle-Hollande dont la description n'a pas encore été publiée. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 4: 184-211 pls 55-58 [209, pl. 56 fig. 1].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH (unnumbered), Australia
Comment: whereabouts of other syntype unknown (not located).
Subsequent designation 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. [231].
Acanthophis tortor Lesson, R.P. 1826. Reptiles. In, Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les Années 1822, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, Atlas. Paris : Arthus Bertrand. [published over the period 1826-1838, see Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Notes on the dates of publication of the natural history portions of some French voyages. Part 1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 388–392 (established date of livraison 11, pl.6 as 1829 and in a correction, Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1906. Notes on the dates of publication of the natural history portions of some French voyages. 'Voyage autour du Monde .... sur .... la Coquille pendant .... 1822-25 .... Par L.J. Duperrey,' etc. A correction. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 17: 335–336, established date of the text as 1831)] [pl. 6].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not found), Australasia (Port Jackson, NSW and New South Wales).
Naja porphyrica Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens. Partie Générale et Partie Descriptive. La Haye : Kips & Stockum Vol. 2 xv 606 pp. [479] [errore for Coluber porphyriacus Shaw, 1794].
Pseudechis porphyraicus McCoy, F. 1867. On the recent zoology and palaeontology of Victoria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 20: 175-202 [182] [errore for Coluber porphyriacus Shaw, 1794].

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]

Generic Combinations

Pseudechis porphyriacus (Shaw, 1794).

Introduction

An alternate taxonomy (Hoser 2003) considers this taxon more diverse than treated herein, with additional subspecific content being: Pseudechis porphyriacus eipperi Hoser, 2003; and P. p. rentoni Hoser, 2003. This taxonomy has not gained widespread acceptance.

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Flinders (FLI), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), 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)