Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: April 12th, 2025. Taxonomy of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Bibliography of the genus Notechis Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Genus Notechis Australian Tiger Snake Tigerotter, (Schwarze Tigerotter [syn. atra]) Australsk Tigerslange 1896 Notechis Boulenger (type species: Naja scutata Peters 1861) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Meristic and other data of the world's snakes. Compiled by V. Wallach Key to abbreviations Head drawings of the genus Notechis. Compiled by V. Wallach Notechis scutatus Australian Tiger Snake Tigerotter Australsk Tigerslange 1861 Naja scutata Peters Notechis scutatus Boulenger 1896 1866 Hoplocephalus ater Krefft (Keogh, Scott & Hayes 2005) Notechis ater Kinghorn 1921 Notechis scutatus ater Kellaway & Thomson 1932 1867 Hoplocephalus fuscus Steindachner (Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014) 1873 Alecto fasciolata Jan in Jan & Sordelli (Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014) 1921 Notechis scutatus niger Kinghorn (Keogh, Scott & Hayes 2005) Notechis ater niger Worrell 1963 Notechis niger Trethewie 1971 1948 Notechis scutatus occidentalis Glauert (Keogh, Scott & Hayes 2005) Notechis occidentalis Wells & Wellington 1985 Notechis ater occidentalis Mirtschin, Crowe & Davis 1990 1963 Notechis ater humphreysi Worrell (Keogh, Scott & Hayes 2005) Notechis humphreysi Wells & Wellington 1985 Notechis scutatus humphreysi Cogger 2014 1963 Notechis ater serventyi Worrell (Keogh, Scott & Hayes 2005) Notechis serventyi Wells & Wellington 1985 Notechis scutatus serventyi Cogger 2014 1985 Notechis edwardsi Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999) 1985 Notechis longmorei Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999) 1985 Notechis schwaneri Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999) Other common names: ater: Black Tiger Snake ater: Krefft's Tiger Snake, Krefft's Black Tiger Snake humphreysi: Tasmanian Tiger Snake, King Island Tiger Snake niger: Peninsula Tiger Snake, Peninsula Black Tiger Snake occidentalis: Western Tiger Snake scutatus: Eastern Tiger Snake, Mainland Tiger Snake serventyi: Chappell Island Tiger Snake Remarks: The relationships of the various subspecies and isolated populations are obscure (Cogger 2014), but considered a single species herein, based on the very low genetic divergence between different populations of this genus, and following several recent works (e.g., Keogh, Scott & Hayes 2005; Wilson & Swan 2010; Cogger 2014), although some regard ater as a separate species (e.g., Rawlinson 1991; Golay & al. 1993; David & Ineich 1999; Shea & Sadlier 1999; Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014). Introduced to: New Zealand. Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland [incl. Fraser Island], South Australia [incl. Kangaroo Island], Tasmania [incl. Bass Strait Islands], Victoria, Western Australia). Notechis scutatus © Rune Midtgaard Notechis scutatus © Rune Midtgaard