Species Suta punctata (Boulenger, 1896)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Denisonia punctata Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). 3. London : British Museum xiv 727 pp. 25 pls. [341 pl. 18 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1946.1.20.76, Port Walcott, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Suta punctata (Boulenger, 1896). —
  Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [934]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Dry inland regions of N Australia from north coast of WA to far west QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, low shrubland, nocturnal, open forest, predator, tall shrubland, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Viviparous, lacertiphagous.

 

General References

Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [934]

Smith, L.A. 1980. Taxonomy of Denisonia punctata and Denisonia fasciata (Serpentes: Elapidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 8: 327-333 (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [46] (Little Spotted Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Feb-2022	Hydrophiinae Fitzinger, 1843	10-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		26-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)