Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Pseudechis
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Australian Black Snakes and King Brown Snakes
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Schwarzottern
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Australske Sortslanger, Mulgaslanger og Kongebrunslanger
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1830 |  |
Alecto Wagler [not Alecto Leach 1851 (Echinodermata), not Alecto Lamouroux 1821 (Bryozoa)] (type species: Trimeresurus leptocephalus Lacepede 1804) |
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1830 | |
Pseudechis Wagler (type species: Coluber porphyriacus Shaw 1794) |
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1984 | |
Cannia Wells & Wellington (type species: Naja australis Gray 1842) |
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1985 | |
Panacedechis Wells & Wellington (type species: Panacedechis worrelli Wells & Wellington 1985; syn. Shea & Sadlier 1999) |
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1998 | |
Pailsus Hoser (type species: Pailsus rossignolii Hoser 1998; syn. Wüster, Dumbrell, Hay, Pook, Williams & Fry 2005) |
Contents:
9 species, of which 8 (88.9%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
New Guinea, Australia.
Reported from:
Australia
(Australian Capital Territory,
New South Wales,
Northern Territory,
Queensland
[incl.
Fraser Island,
Torres Strait Islands],
South Australia,
Victoria,
Western Australia),
Indonesia
(Western New Guinea),
Papua New Guinea
(Eastern New Guinea).
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Pseudechis australis
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King Brown Snake, Common Mulga Snake
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Gewöhnliche Mulgaschlange
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Kongebrunslange
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1842 | |
Naja australis Gray |
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Pseudechis australis Günther 1863 |
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Cannia australis Wells & Wellington 1985 |
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1878 | |
Pseudechis darwiniensis Macleay (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1909 | |
Pseudechis denisonioides Werner (Golay & al. 1993) |
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Cannia denisonioides Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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1933 | |
Pseudechis platycephalus Thompson (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1951 | |
Denisonia brunnea Mitchell (Golay & al. 1993) |
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Cannia brunnea Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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1985 | |
Cannia centralis Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999) |
Remarks:
Previously included weigeli.
The New Guinean population assigned to australis in older literature refer to rossignolii (Wüster, Dumbrell, Hay, Pook, Williams & Fry 2005).
Other species are most likely contained within the species australis as currently understood (Kuch, Keogh, Weigel, Smith & Mebs 2005;
Maddock, Childerstone, Fry, Williams, Barlow & Wüster 2017).
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Northern Territory,
Queensland
[incl.
Torres Strait Islands],
South Australia,
Western Australia).
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Pseudechis australis
© Rune Midtgaard
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Pseudechis butleri
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Spotted Mulga Snake, Yellow-bellied Black Snake, (Butler's Snake)
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Gefleckte Mulgaschlange
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Plettet Mulgaslange
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1982 | |
Pseudechis butleri Smith |
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Cannia butleri Wells & Wellington 1985 |
Distribution:
Australia
(Western Australia).
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Pseudechis butleri
© Rune Midtgaard
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Pseudechis colletti
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Reddish Black Snake, (Collett's Snake, Down's Tiger Snake)
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Rötliche Schwarzotter
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Rødlig Sortslange, (Colletts Sortslange)
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1902 | |
Pseudechis colletti Boulenger |
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Cannia colletti Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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Panacedechis colletti Wells & Wellington 1985 |
Distribution:
Australia
(Queensland).
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Pseudechis colletti
© Rune Midtgaard
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Pseudechis guttatus
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Spotted Black Snake, Blue-bellied Black Snake
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Gefleckte Schwarznatter
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Plettet Sortslange
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1905 | |
Pseudechis guttata De Vis |
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Pseudechis colletti guttatus Worrell 1961 |
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Panacedechis guttatus Wells & Wellington 1985 |
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1911 | |
Pseudechis mortonensis De Vis (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1985 | |
Panacedechis worrelli Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999) |
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Queensland).
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Pseudechis guttatus
© Rune Midtgaard
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Pseudechis pailsi
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Eastern Dwarf Mulga Snake, False King Brown Snake, False Mulga Snake
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Östliche Zwerg-Braunschlange
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Østlig Dværgbrunslange
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1998 | |
Pailsus pailsei Hoser |
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Pailsus pailsi [justified emendation] Wüster, Bush, Keogh, O'Shea & Shine 2001 |
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Pseudechis pailsi Wüster, Dumbrell, Hay, Pook, Williams & Fry 2005 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of australis.
Validity as a separate species confirmed by Maddock, Childerstone, Fry, Williams, Barlow & Wüster (2017).
Considered endemic to Queensland herein, since the taxonomic status of Northern Territory records is uncertain (Wüster, Dumbrell, Hay, Pook, Williams & Fry 2005;
Cogger 2014).
Correct spelling of specific epithet is pailsi, according to Wüster, Bush, Keogh, O'Shea & Shine (2001), however, the spelling pailsei is still used by
some authors (e.g., Cogger 2014).
Distribution:
Australia
(Queensland).
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Pseudechis papuanus
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Papuan Black Snake
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Papuanische Schwarzotter
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Papuansk Sortslange
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1878 | |
Pseudechis papuanus Peters & Doria |
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Panacedechis papuanus Hoser 2009 |
Distribution:
Australia
(Queensland
[incl.
Torres Strait Islands]),
Indonesia
(Western New Guinea),
Papua New Guinea
(Eastern New Guinea).
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Pseudechis porphyriacus
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Red-bellied Black Snake
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Rotbäuchige Schwarzotter
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Rødbuget Sortslange
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1794 | |
Coluber porphyriacus Shaw |
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Duberria porphyriaca Fitzinger 1826 |
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Pseudechis porphyriacus Günther 1863 |
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Pseudechis porphyriacus Hutchinson 1990 |
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1804 | |
Trimeresurus leptocephalus Lacepede (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1820 | |
Coluber porphyreus Merrem (Golay & al. 1993) |
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Naja porphyrea Schlegel 1844 |
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Trimeresurus porphyreus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854 |
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1830 | |
Acanthophis tortor Lesson in Duperrey (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1837 | |
Naja porphyrica Schlegel (Golay & al. 1993) |
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Trimeresurus porphyricus Guérin-Méneville 1844 |
Distribution:
Australia
(Australian Capital Territory,
New South Wales,
Queensland
[incl.
Fraser Island],
South Australia,
Victoria).
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Pseudechis porphyriacus
© Rune Midtgaard
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Pseudechis rossignolii
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Papuan Brown Snake
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Papuanische Braunotter
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Papuansk Brunslange
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Pailsus rossignolii Hoser |
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Pseudechis rossignolii Wüster, Dumbrell, Hay, Pook, Williams & Fry 2005 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a New Guinean population of australis (e.g., O’Shea 1996).
Validity as a separate species confirmed by Maddock, Childerstone, Fry, Williams, Barlow & Wüster (2017).
Although reported from the Papua New Guinean part of the island (e.g., Scott 1977; Parker 1982; Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as australis]), only a
possible sighting record exist from the country so far, however, the species may occur in the country, near the border to Western New Guinea.
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Western New Guinea).
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Pseudechis weigeli
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Western Dwarf Mulga Snake, Western Pygmy Mulga Snake, (Weigel's Black Snake)
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Westliche Zwerg-Braunotter
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Vestlig Dværgbrunslange
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1988 | |
Cannia weigeli Wells & Wellington |
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Pailsus weigeli Hoser 2002 |
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Pseudechis weigeli Wüster, Dumbrell, Hay, Pook, Williams & Fry 2005 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of australis by some authors (e.g., Shea & Sadlier 1999; Wilson & Swan 2010; Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014), but as a valid
species by others (e.g., Wüster, Dumbrell, Hay, Pook, Williams & Fry 2005; Wilson & Swan 2010; Cogger 2014;
Maddock, Childerstone, Fry, Williams, Barlow & Wüster 2017).
A record from Queensland (Wilson & Swan 2010) seems to have been based on pailsi, a species these authors did not recognize.
Distribution:
Australia
(Northern Territory,
Western Australia).
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Pseudechis weigeli
© Rune Midtgaard
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