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'''''Hemiaspis signata''''' ([[common name]]s: '''black-bellied swamp snake'''<ref name="NCBI - March 2002 - Two cases of bites by the black-bellied swamp snake (Hemiaspis signata)">{{cite journal|title=Two cases of bites by the black-bellied swamp snake (''Hemiaspis signata'')|date=March 2002|pmid=11711130 | volume=40|issue=3|journal=Toxicon|pages=317–9 | last1 = Isbister | first1 = GK | last2 = Dawson | first2 = AH | last3 = Whyte | first3 = IM | doi=10.1016/s0041-0101(01)00221-5}}</ref> and '''marsh snake'''<ref name="Queensland Museum - 2011 - Whip Snakes and Marsh Snakes Fact Sheet">{{cite web|url=http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Learning+Resources/~/media/Documents/Learning%20resources/QM/Resources/Fact%20Sheets/fact-sheet-whip-snakes-marsh-snakes.pdf|title=Whip Snakes and Marsh Snakes Fact Sheet|date=2011|publisher=[[Queensland Museum]]|accessdate=20 July 2014}}</ref>) is a [[species]] of [[venom]]ous [[Elapidae|elapid]] [[snake]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Australia]], where it is found along the east coast.<ref name="Atlas of Living Australia - Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859) - Black-bellied Swamp Snake">{{cite web|url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/HEMIASPIS+SIGNATA|title=''Hemiaspis signata'' (Jan, 1859) - Black-bellied Swamp Snake|publisher=[[Atlas of Living Australia]]|accessdate=20 July 2014}}</ref>
'''''Hemiaspis signata''''' ([[common name]]s: '''black-bellied swamp snake'''<ref name="NCBI - March 2002 - Two cases of bites by the black-bellied swamp snake (Hemiaspis signata)">{{cite journal|title=Two cases of bites by the black-bellied swamp snake (''Hemiaspis signata'')|date=March 2002|pmid=11711130 | volume=40|issue=3|journal=Toxicon|pages=317–9 | last1 = Isbister | first1 = GK | last2 = Dawson | first2 = AH | last3 = Whyte | first3 = IM | doi=10.1016/s0041-0101(01)00221-5}}</ref> and '''marsh snake'''<ref name="Queensland Museum - 2011 - Whip Snakes and Marsh Snakes Fact Sheet">{{cite web|url=http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Learning+Resources/~/media/Documents/Learning%20resources/QM/Resources/Fact%20Sheets/fact-sheet-whip-snakes-marsh-snakes.pdf|title=Whip Snakes and Marsh Snakes Fact Sheet|date=2011|publisher=[[Queensland Museum]]|accessdate=20 July 2014}}</ref>) is a [[species]] of [[venom]]ous [[Elapidae|elapid]] [[snake]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Australia]], where it is found along the east coast.<ref name="Atlas of Living Australia - Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859) - Black-bellied Swamp Snake">{{cite web|url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/HEMIASPIS+SIGNATA|title=''Hemiaspis signata'' (Jan, 1859) - Black-bellied Swamp Snake|publisher=[[Atlas of Living Australia]]|accessdate=20 July 2014}}</ref>

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Hemiaspis signata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Hemiaspis
Species:
H. signata
Binomial name
Hemiaspis signata
(Jan, 1859) [2]
Synonyms
  • Alecto signata Jan, 1859
  • Denisonia signata
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Drepanodontis signata
    Rankin, 1972
  • Hemiaspis signata
    Cogger, 1983 [3]

Hemiaspis signata (common names: black-bellied swamp snake[4] and marsh snake[5]) is a species of venomous elapid snake endemic to Australia, where it is found along the east coast.[6]

Recognisable by two distinctive narrow white lines on the face, the colour can range from pale olive to black top with a dark grey to black belly. Adults can grow to 70 cm in length, but most specimens are smaller than this. Their diet consists mainly of skinks and frogs.[5]

It was first described in 1859 by Giorgio Jan as Alecto signata.[7][8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shea, G.; Venz, M.; Wilson, S.; Hobson, R.; Vanderduys, E. (2018). "Hemiaspis signata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102709942A102710051. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102709942A102710051.en. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Hemiaspis signata The Reptile Database". www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ Isbister, GK; Dawson, AH; Whyte, IM (March 2002). "Two cases of bites by the black-bellied swamp snake (Hemiaspis signata)". Toxicon. 40 (3): 317–9. doi:10.1016/s0041-0101(01)00221-5. PMID 11711130.
  5. ^ a b "Whip Snakes and Marsh Snakes Fact Sheet" (PDF). Queensland Museum. 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859) - Black-bellied Swamp Snake". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  8. ^ Giorgio Jan (1859). "Plan d'une iconographie descriptive des ophidiens et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de serpents". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée (in French). 11: 122-130 [128]. ISSN 1259-6523. Wikidata Q108828733.

Further reading[edit]

  • Boulenger GA. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Denisonia signata, pp. 338–339).
  • Jan G, Sordelli F. 1873. Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Quarante-troisième livraison. Paris: Baillière. Index + Plates I-VI. (Alecto signata, Plate VI, figure 5). (in French).