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(Redirected from Black-bellied swamp snake) Species of snake

Hemiaspis signata
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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)
Synonyms
  • Alecto signata Jan, 1859
  • Denisonia signata
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Drepanodontis signata
    — Rankin, 1972
  • Hemiaspis signata
    — Cogger, 1983

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

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.

It was first described in 1859 by Giorgio Jan as Alecto signata.

References

  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. ^ "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 . ISSN 1259-6523. Wikidata Q108828733.

Further reading

  • 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).
Taxon identifiers
Hemiaspis signata
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