Pygmy mulga snake
Appearance
Pygmy mulga snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Pseudechis |
Species: | P. weigeli
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Binomial name | |
Pseudechis weigeli (Wells & Wellington, 1987)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The pygmy mulga snake (Pseudechis weigeli), also commonly known as the pygmy king brown snake,[2] is a species of venomous snake in the black snake genus Pseudechis in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Australia.
Geographic range
In Australia P. weigeli is endemic to the Kimberley ranges.[1]
Taxonomy
P. weigeli was genetically confirmed as a distinct species in 2017.[3] Within the genus Pseudechis it is most closely related to the eastern dwarf mulga snake and an as yet undescribed species from the Northern Territory.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, weigeli, is in honor of Australian herpetologist John Randall Weigel (born 1955).[2]
References
- ^ a b "Pseudechis weigeli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudechis weigeli, p. 281).
- ^ a b Maddock ST, Childerstone A, Fry BG, Williams DJ, Barlow A, Wüster W (2017). "Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitation of Australo-Papuan blacksnakes (Pseudechis Wagler, 1830: Elapidae: Serpentes)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 48–55.
Further reading
- Wells RW, Wellington CR (1987). "A new species of proteroglyphous snake (Serpentes: Oxyuranidae) from Australia". Australian Herpetologist (503): 1-8. (Cannia weigeli, new species).