Species Pseudonaja nuchalis Günther, 1858
Northern Brown Snake
- Pseudonaja nuchalis Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xvi 281 pp. [227].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.1.20.33, NW Australia and Port Essington, NT; BMNH 1946.1.20.57, 'North West Australia'; BMNH 1946.1.20.41, Port Essington. - Pseudelaps bancrofti De Vis, C.W. 1911. Description of snakes apparently new. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 22-25 [25].
Type data:
Holotype QM J187, Stannary Hills, QLD. - Pseudonaja imperitor Wells & Wellington, 1985.
Type data:
Holotype NTM R3352, Angurugu, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia [13°58'S 136°26'E]. - Pseudonaja jukesi Wells & Wellington.Zoobank Registration Number:1985
Type data:
Holotype NTM R1186, Oenpelli, Northern Territory, Australia [12°20'S 133°02'E]. - Pseudonaja vanderstraateni Wells & Wellington, 1985.
Type data:
Holotype NTM R0371, Stuart Highway, 100 miles north of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia [15°20'S 133°08'E].
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. [233]
- Horner, P. 1999. Type specimens of terrestrial vertebrates in the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory - 1973 to 1999. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 15: 55-74
Introduction
With the removal of P. mengdeni Wells & Wellington from the earlier concept of P. nuchalis, the distribution of P. nuchalis is now restricted to northern NT and Qld.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, low open woodland, low shrubland, low woodland, noctidiurnal, open forest, open scrub, oviparous, predator, tall open shrubland, tall shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
General carnivore.
General References
Banks, C. 1981. Notes on seasonal colour change in a western brown snake. Herpetofauna 13: 29-30
Gillam, M.W. 1979. The genus Pseudonaja (Serpentes: Elapidae) in the Northern Territory. Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission Research Bulletin 1: 1-28 (taxonomy)
Lillywhite, H.B. 1980. Behavioral thermoregulation in Australian elapid snakes. Copeia 1980: 452-458 (thermoregulation)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 18-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |