Species Furina barnardi (Kinghorn, 1939)
Yellow-naped Snake
- Glyphodon barnardi Kinghorn, J.R. 1939. Two Queensland snakes. Records of the Australian Museum 20: 257-260 [258, figs 1-2].
Type data:
Holotype CAS 77798, 15 mi[les] S Duaringa, QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Furina barnardi (Kinghorn, 1939).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Cryptozoic, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, tall forest, terrestrial, woodland.
General References
Ferguson, D. & Mathieson, M. 2012. Southerly range extension of the poorly known Queensland endemic yellow-naped snake Furina barnardi (Squamata: Elapidae) into the Mulga Lands. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 56(1): 9-12
Shine, R. 1981. Ecology of Australian elapid snakes of the genera Furina and Glyphodon. Journal of Herpetology 15: 219-224 (ecology)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Yellow-naped Snake)
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |