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Species of snake

Dunmall's snake
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Furina
Species: F. dunmalli
Binomial name
Furina dunmalli
(Worrell, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Glyphodon dunmalli
    Worrell, 1955
  • Furina dunmalli
    — Cogger, 2000

Dunmall's snake (Furina dunmalli) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, dunmalli, is in honor of William "Bill" Dunmall, who collected the type specimen.

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.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of F. dunmalli are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 200–500 m (660–1,640 ft).

Behavior

F. dunmalli is terrestrial and nocturnal.

Diet

F. dunmalli preys upon small lizards.

Reproduction

F. dunmalli is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Wilson, S.; Vanderduys, E.; Venz, M.; Sanderson, C.; Hutchinson, M. (2018). "Furina dunmalli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T8767A83452466. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T8767A83452466.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Furina dunmalli at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).
  4. 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

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
  • Worrell E (1955). "A New Elapine Snake from Queensland". Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1953-54: 41–43. (Glyphodon dunmalli, new species).


Taxon identifiers
Furina dunmalli


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