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: January 31st, 2025. Taxonomy of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Bibliography of the genus Pseudonaja Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Genus Pseudonaja Australian Brown Snakes Australische Braunschlangen, Braunottern, Australische Scheinkobras Australske Brunslanger 1858 Pseudonaja Günther (type species: Pseudonaja nuchalis Günther 1858) 1861 Euprepiosoma Fitzinger (type species: Furina textilis Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854) 2002 Dugitophis Wells (type species: Pseudonaja affinis Günther 1872) 2002 Notopseudonaja Wells (type species: Cacophis modesta Günther 1872; syn. Kaiser, Crother, Kelly, Luiselli, O'Shea, Ota, Passos, Schleip & Wüster 2013) 2002 Placidaserpens Wells (type species: Demansia guttata Parker 1926; syn. Kaiser, Crother, Kelly, Luiselli, O'Shea, Ota, Passos, Schleip & Wüster 2013) 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], South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia), Indonesia (Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea). Pseudonaja affinis Dugite, Spotted Brown Snake Gefleckte Braunschlange Plettet Brunslange 1872 Pseudonaja affinis Günther Demansia textilis affinis Loveridge 1944 Demansia nuchalis affinis Worrell 1961 Pseudonaja nuchalis affinis Worrell 1963 1961 Demansia nuchalis tanneri Worrell Pseudonaja nuchalis tanneri Worrell 1963 Pseudonaja affinis tanneri Storr, Smith & Johnstone 1986 Pseudonaja tanneri Wells & Wellington 1984 1989 Pseudonaja affinis exilis Storr Other common names: exilis: Rottnest Island Dugite tanneri: Recherche Island Dugite, Tanner's Brown Snake Distribution: Australia (South Australia, Western Australia). Pseudonaja affinis © Rune Midtgaard Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha Shield-fronted Brown Snake, Strap-snouted Brown Snake, Patch-nosed Brown Snake Schildnasen-Braunschlange Skjoldnæse-brunslange 1879 Diemenia aspidorhyncha McCoy Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha Wells & Wellington 1984 1915 Diemenia carinata Longman (Skinner 2009) Pseudonaja carinata Wells & Wellington 1985 1951 Demansia acutirostris Mitchell (Skinner 2009) Pseudonaja acutirostris Wells & Wellington 1985 2002 Pseudonaja gowi Wells (Skinner 2009; Kaiser, Crother, Kelly, Luiselli, O'Shea, Ota, Passos, Schleip & Wüster 2013) Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of nuchalis (e.g., Golay & al. 1993). Revalidated by Skinner (2009). Exact range unclear, pending a review of museum specimens assigned to "nuchalis" which may represent aspidorhyncha, mengdeni, or nuchalis (in restricted sense) (Wilson & Swan 2010). Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria). Pseudonaja guttata Speckled Brown Snake Gesprenkelte Braunschlange Spættet Brunslange 1926 Demansia guttata Parker Pseudonaja guttata Worrell 1963 Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia). Pseudonaja guttata © Rune Midtgaard Pseudonaja inframacula Peninsula Brown Snake Südaustralische Braunschlange Sydaustralsk Brunslange 1925 Demansia textilis inframacula Waite Pseudonaja textilis inframacula Worrell 1963 Pseudonaja affinis inframacula Storr, Smith & Johnstone 1986 Pseudonaja inframaculata [lapsus] Wells & Wellington 1984 Pseudonaja inframacula Wells & Wellington 1985 Distribution: Australia (South Australia). Pseudonaja ingrami Blue-mouthed Brown Snake, (Ingram's Brown Snake) Blaumaul-Braunschlange Blåmundet Brunslange 1908 Diemenia ingrami Boulenger Demansia ingrami Kinghorn 1964 Pseudonaja ingrami Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia). Pseudonaja mengdeni Western Brown Snake, Gwardar, (Mengden's Brown Snake) Westliche Braunschlange Vestlig Brunslange 1985 Pseudonaja mengdeni Wells & Wellington 1985 Pseudonaja kellyi Wells & Wellington (Skinner 2009) Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of nuchalis (e.g., Golay & al. 1993). Revalidated by Skinner (2009). Exact range unclear, pending a review of museum specimens assigned to "nuchalis" which may represent aspidorhyncha, mengdeni, or nuchalis (in the restricted sense) (Wilson & Swan 2010). Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia). Pseudonaja mengdeni © Rune Midtgaard Pseudonaja modesta Ringed Brown Snake, Five-ringed Snake Ring-Braunschlange Ring-brunslange 1872 Cacophis modesta Günther Diemenia modesta Boulenger 1896 Demansia modesta Loveridge 1934 Pseudonaja modesta Wells & Wellington 1985 1884 Brachysoma sutherlandi De Vis (Golay & al. 1993) Pseudelaps sutherlandi Boulenger 1896 Pseudonaja sutherlandi Wells & Wellington 1984 1885 Furina ramsayi Macleay [not Hoplocephalus ramsayi Krefft 1864] (Golay & al. 1993) Pseudonaja ramsayi Wells & Wellington 1984 Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia). Pseudonaja nuchalis Northern Brown Snake, Collared Brown Snake, (Gwardar, Western Brown Snake) Nördliche Braunschlange Nordlig Brunslange 1858 Pseudonaja nuchalis Günther Diemenia nuchalis Boulenger 1896 Demansia textilis nuchalis Loveridge 1934 Demansia nuchalis Glauert 1950 1911 Pseudelaps bancrofti De Vis (Skinner 2009) Pseudonaja bancrofti Wells & Wellington 1985 1985 Pseudonaja imperitor Wells & Wellington (Skinner 2009) 1985 Pseudonaja jukesi Wells & Wellington (Skinner 2009) 1985 Pseudonaja vanderstraateni Wells & Wellington (Skinner 2009) Remarks: Previously included aspidorhyncha and mengdeni (e.g., Golay & al. 1993). Exact range unclear, pending a review of museum specimens assigned to "nuchalis" which may represent aspidorhyncha, mengdeni, or nuchalis (in the restricted sense) (Wilson & Swan 2010), but currently restricted to northern Australia (Skinner 2009; Wilson & Swan 2010), hence no longer known as Western Brown Snake or Gwardar, which are names now used for mengdeni. Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia). Pseudonaja textilis Eastern Brown Snake, Common Brown Snake Östliche Braunschlange, Gewöhnliche Braunschlange Østlig Brunslange 1854 Furina textilis Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril Pseudonaja textilis Krefft 1862 Pseudoelaps textilis Jan in Jan & Sordelli 1872 Diemenia textilis Boulenger 1896 1856 Pseudoelaps superciliosus Fischer (Skinner 2009) Demansia superciliosa Peters 1863 Diemenia superciliosa Günther 1863 1858 Demansia annulata Günther (Skinner 2009) 1859 Pseudoelaps sordellii Jan (Skinner 2009) 1862 Diemansia kubingii Günther (Skinner 2009) Diemenia kubingii Müller 1885 1863 Pseudoelaps superciliosus beckeri Jan (Skinner 2009) Pseudoelaps beckeri Jan in Jan & Sordelli 1872 1867 Cacophis güntheri Steindachner (Skinner 2009) 1867 Diemenia superciliaris McCoy (Golay & al. 1993) 1879 Furina bicucullata McCoy (Skinner 2009) Pseudonaja bicucullata Wells & Wellington 1985 1896 Pseudechis cupreus Boulenger (Skinner 2009) Cannia cuprea Wells & Wellington 1984 1985 Pseudonaja ohnoi Wells & Wellington (Skinner 2009) 2003 Pseudonaja elliotti Hoser (Kaiser, Crother, Kelly, Luiselli, O'Shea, Ota, Passos, Schleip & Wüster 2013) Remarks: O'Shea, Doria, Petri & Kaiser (2016) reported a specimen collected in Papua New Guinea and accessioned to Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Genova, Italy, in 1876. The specimen confirms that the species is not a wartime or post-war introduction to New Guinea, as often assumed in earlier publications, but naturally occurring populations. Introduced to: New Zealand. Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland [incl. Fraser Island], South Australia, Victoria), Indonesia (Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea). Pseudonaja textilis © Rune Midtgaard