Species Suta suta (Peters, 1863)
Curl Snake, Myall Snake
- Holocephalus sutus Peters, W. 1863. Übersicht der von Hrn. Richard Schomburgk an das zoologische Museum eingesandten Amphibien, aus Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863: 228-236 [1864 on title page] [234].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 4715, Loos, 4.5 km W Gawler (as Buchesfelde), SA.Type locality references:
Praite, R. & Tolley, J.C. 1970. Place names of South Australia. Adelaide : Rigby 203 pp. - Holocephalus frenatus Peters, W. 1870. Eine Mitteilung über neue Amphibien (Hemidactylus, Urosaura, Tropidolepisma ...) des Königlich Zoologischen Museum. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1870: 641-652 [1871 on title page] [646].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 6922, Lake Elphinstone, QLD. - Hoplocephalus carpentariae Macleay, W. 1887. On a new Hoplocephalus from the Gulf of Carpentaria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 2: 403-404 [1888 on title page] [403].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (not found), near Normanton, QLD. - Holocephalus frontalis Ogilby, J.D. 1890. Description of a new snake belonging to the genus Hoplocephalus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 1027-1030 [1889 on title page] [1027].
Type data:
Holotype AM R655, Narrabri, NSW. - Holocephalus stirlingi Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1896. Reptilia. Report of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia 2: 112-151 [149 pl. 12 fig. 5].
Type data:
Lectotype NMV D11758 (only extant syntype), Charlotte Waters, NT (other type localities in original description were Oodnadatta, SA, Alice Springs, NT, and Hermnasburg, NT).Subsequent designation references:
Coventry, A.J. 1970. Reptile and amphibian type specimens housed in the National Museum of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 31: 115-124. - Denisonia frontalis propinqua De Vis, C.W. 1905. A new genus of lizards. Annals of the Queensland Museum 6: 46-52 pl. 15 [51].
Type data:
Holotype QM J198, QLD. - Denisonia forresti Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Description of a new lizard and a new snake from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 18: 440-441 [440].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.1.20.72–3, Alexandria, NT.
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. [237]
Generic Combinations
- Suta suta (Peters, 1863). —
Worrell, E. 1961. Herpetological name changes. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 18-27 [25] (changed combination as type species of the genus Suta)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern two thirds of Australia, excluding coastal regions
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, low open woodland, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, predator, tall shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Viviparous.
General References
Coventry, A.J. 1971. Identification of the black-headed snakes (Denisonia) within Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 88: 304-306 (general, in Victoria)
Smith, L.A. 1978. The elapid snakes Denisonia pallidiceps and Denisonia suta in the Kimberleys of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 14: 75-76 (distribution)
Common Name References
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 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |