Genus Suta Worrell, 1961

Museums

Regional Maps

• Suta Worrell, E. 1961. Herpetological name changes. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 18-27 [25].

  Type species:

   Hoplocephalus sutus Peters, 1863 by monotypy.
• Hulimkai 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.

  Type species:

   Denisonia fasciata Rosén, 1905 by original designation.
• Parasuta Worrell, E. 1961. Herpetological name changes. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 18-27 [26].

  Type species:

   Elaps gouldii Gray, 1841 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Maryan, B., Brennan, I.G., Hutchinson, M.N. & Geidans, L.S 2020. What’s under the hood? Phylogeny and taxonomy of the snake genera Parasuta Worrell and Suta Worrell (Squamata: Elapidae), with a description of a new species from the Pilbara, Western Australia. Zootaxa 4778(1): 1-47 [7]

Introduction

Maryan et al. (2020) used molecular and morphological data to support the hypothesis that the genus Parasuta Worrell, 1961 is a junior synonym of Suta Worrell, 1961

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Victorian Midlands (VM) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Kanmantoo (KAN) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN) ; NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; NT, SA, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Yalgoo (YAL)

General References

Maryan, B., Brennan, I.G., Hutchinson, M.N. & Geidans, L.S 2020. What’s under the hood? Phylogeny and taxonomy of the snake genera Parasuta Worrell and Suta Worrell (Squamata: Elapidae), with a description of a new species from the Pilbara, Western Australia. Zootaxa 4778(1): 1-47

History of changes