Parasuta

Parasuta is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. The genus is native to Australia.[1]

Parasuta
Mitchells Short-tailed Snake (Parasuta nigriceps)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Subfamily:	Hydrophiinae
Genus:	Parasuta Worrell, 1961

Species

The following six species are recognized as being valid.[1]

• Parasuta dwyeri (Worrell, 1956) – Dwyer's snake, variable black-naped snake, whip snake – New South Wales, Queensland
• Parasuta flagellum (McCoy, 1878) – little whip snake, whip hooded snake – New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
• Parasuta gouldii (Gray, 1841) – black-headed snake, Gould's hooded snake – Western Australia
• Parasuta monachus (Storr, 1964) – hooded snake, monk snake – New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
• Parasuta nigriceps (Günther, 1863) – black-backed snake, copper snake, Mallee black-backed snake, Mitchell's short-tailed snake – New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
• Parasuta spectabilis (Krefft, 1869) – Port Lincoln snake, spectacled hooded snake – New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Parasuta.

References

1. Genus Parasuta at The Reptile Database

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
• Worrell E (1961). "Herpetological Name Changes". West Australian Naturalist 8: 18–27. (Parasuta, new genus).