Dunmall's snake
Dunmall's snake (Furina dunmalli) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Furina |
| Species: | F. dunmalli |
| Binomial name | |
| Furina dunmalli (Worrell, 1955) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, dunmalli, is in honor of William "Bill" Dunmall, who collected the type specimen.[3]
Geographic range
F. dunmalli has a patchy distribution in southeastern Queensland and the border area with New South Wales from Yelarbon; Texas, Queensland; and Ashford. Westerly distribution is in the Carnarvon National Park, and north to Rockhampton on the coast, and Clermont west of the Great Dividing Range [4]
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References
- "Furina dunmalli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Wilson, S., Vanderduys, E., Venz, M., Sanderson, C. & Hutchinson, M. 2018. Furina dunmalli. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T8767A83452466. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T8767A83452466.en. Downloaded on 20 December 2018.
- 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. (Furina dunmalli, p. 77).
- Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/publications/pubs/draft-brigalow-belt-map10-fdunmalli.pdf Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Worrell E (1955). "A New Elapine Snake from Queensland". Proc. Royal Zool. Soc. New South Wales 1953-54: 41–43. (Glyphodon dunmalli, new species).
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