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Taxonomy of the genus Pseudonaja Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species]

Bibliography of the genus
Pseudonaja (Australian Brown Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Pseudonaja in general

Allen, G.E.; Brown, S.G.A.; Buckley, N.A.; O'Leary, M.A.; Page, C.B.; Currie, B.J.; White, J.; Isbister, G.K. 2012. Clinical effects and antivenom dosing in Brown Snake (Pseudonaja spp.) envenoming - Australian Snakebite Project (ASP-14). PLoS ONE 7(12): e53188.

Buckley, N. 1993. Unusual results of Brown Snake envenomation. Medical Journal of Australia 158(12): 866, 868.

Cook, B.; Lamb, R. 2000. Square-tailed kite eating snake on roadside. Australian Bird Watcher 18(6): 249-251.

Hoser, R.T. 2012. The description of a new genus of West Australian snake and eight new taxa in the genera Pseudonaja Gunther, 1858, Oxyuranus Kinghorn, 1923 and Panacedechis Wells and Wellington, 1985 (Serpentes: Elapidae). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 11: 32-50.

Hoser, R.T. 2013. The description of new snake subgenera, species and subspecies from Australia (Squamata: Serpentes). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 16: 39-52.

Krins, T. 1995. 'Mobbing' behaviour. Brown Snake. Bird Observer 752: 10.

Kuch, U.; Yuwono, F.B. 2002. First record of Brown Snakes Pseudonaja cf. textilis (Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854) from Papua, Indonesia (Squamata: Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetozoa 15(1-2): 75-78.

Mengden, G.; Fitzgerald, M. 1987. The paradoxical brown snakes. pp. 458-469. In: Covacevich, J., Davie, P. & Pearn, J. (eds.). Toxic plants & animals. A guide for Australia. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. 501 pp.

Mengden, G.A. 1985. A chromosomal and electrophoretic analysis of the genus Pseudonaja. pp. 193-208. In: Grigg, G., Shine, R. & Ehmann, H. (eds.). Biology of Australian frogs and reptiles. Surrey Beatty & Sons & Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Chipping Norton, New South Wales. 527 pp.

Shine, R. 1989. Constraints, allometry, and adaptation: food habits and reproducive biology of Australian brownsnakes (Pseudonaja: Elapidae). Herpetologica 45(2): 195-207.

Skinner, A. 2009. A multivariate morphometric analysis and systematic review of Pseudonaja (Serpentes, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155(1): 171-197.

Skinner, A.; Donnellan, S.C.; Hutchinson, M.N.; Hutchinson, R.G. 2005. A phylogenetic analysis of Pseudonaja (Hydrophiinae, Elapidae, Serpentes) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37(2): 558-571.

Wells, R.W. 2002. Taxonomy of the genus Pseudonaja (Reptilia: Elapidae) in Australia. Australian Biodiversity Record 2002(7): 1-41.

Williams, V.; White, J. 1997. Snake venom and snakebite in Australia. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London 70 [1996]: 205-217.

Pseudonaja affinis

Anonymous. 1976. Dugite. Nature Walkabout 12(2): 88-89.

Abbott, I. 1978. Seabird islands. Mistaken Island, King George Sound, Western Australia. Corella 2(2): 32-33.

Ellis, R.J. 2018. Clarification of the type series of Amphibolurus barbatus microlepidotus Glauert, 1952 (= Pogona microlepidota) (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae). Zootaxa 4457(1): 197–200.

Maryan, B. 1998. The Dugite or Spotted Brown Snake (Pseudonaja affinis) in captivity. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 10(1): 13-14; 32.

Maryan, B. 2004. Notes on captive reproduction and other observations in the Recherche pygmy dugite Pseudonaja affinis tanneri. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 34(1): 40-43.

Maryan, B. 2005. Observations of cannibalism and prey records in the dugite or spotted Brown Snake (Pseudonaja affinis affinis). Western Australian Naturalist 25(1): 37-40.

Maryan, B.; Bush, B. 1996. The dugite or spotted Brown Snake Pseudonaja affinis. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 26(2): 22-34.

Maryan, B.; Robinson, D. 1987. Field compatibility observation. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 17(1-2): 11-12.

Orange, P. 2010. Winter activity in the Dugite, Pseudonaja affinis. Western Australian Naturalist 27(3): 183.

Saint Girons, H.; Bradshaw, S.D. 1981. Preliminary observations of behavioural thermoregulation in an elapid snake, the dugite, Pseudonaja affinis Gunther. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 64(1): 13-16.

Storr, G.M. 1989. A new Pseudonaja (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(3): 421-423.

Trembath, D.; Rowley, J.L.; Jensen, O. 2006. An observation of male combat ion the dugite Pseudonaja affinis (Serpentes: Elapidae) from grey, Nambung National Park, Western Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 36(2): 80-82.

Worrell, E. 1961. A new insular brown snake. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1958-59: 56-58.

Pseudonaja guttata

Kinghorn, J.R. 1931. Herpetological notes. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 85-91.

Sonnemann, N.; Fyfe, G. 2004. Captive breeding of the Speckled Brown Snake, Psedonaja guttata. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 34(2): 92-98.

Pseudonaja inframacula

Waite, E.R. 1925. Field notes on some Australian reptiles and a batrachian. Bec. S. Aust. Mus. Adelaide 3(1): 17-32.

Pseudonaja ingrami

Cermak, M. 1985. Revision of distribution and notes on the behaviour of Ingram's brown snake Pseudonaja ingrami (Boulenger 1908). Herptile 10(1): 26-27.

Phillips, S. 1993. Aspects of the distribution, ecology and morphology of Ingram's Brown Snake Pseudonaja ingrami (Elapidae). pp. 349-352. In: Lunney, D. & Ayers, D. (eds.). Herpetology in Australia: a diverse discipline. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, New South Wales. 414 pp.

Pseudonaja mengdeni

Brennan, K.E.C.; Morley, T.; Hutchinson, M.; Donnellan, S. 2011. Redescription of the western desert taipan, Oxyuranus temporalis (Serpentes: Elapidae), with notes on its distribution, diet and genetic variation. Australian Journal of Zoology 59(4): 227-235.

Maaten, F.; Stevens, A. 1982. Some observations on captive breeding of western brown snakes. Wildlife in Australia 19(2): 42-43.

Schulz, M. 1986. Straw-necked ibis taking a western brown snake. Australian Bird Watcher 11(6): 211.

Pseudonaja modesta

Angelis, D. de 2010. Predation of a desert skink, Liopholis inornata, and burrow occupation by a ringed brown snake, Pseudonaja modesta. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 40(1): 48-51.

Fyfe, G. 1985. A comparison of the ground-dwelling vertebrate faunas found in hummock grassland and mulga shrubland in central Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 16(2): 49-52.

Morris, K.D.; Rice, G.E. 1981. Some vertebrates recorded on a visit to Queen Victoria Spring in December 1977. Western Australian Naturalist 15(1): 11-13.

White, J.; Williams, V.; Passehl, J.H. 1987. The five-ringed brown snake, Pseudonaja modesta (Gunther): report of a bite and comments on its venom. Medical Journal of Australia 147(11-12): 603-605.

Pseudonaja nuchalis

Ahern, L. 2001. A 'bite' from the past. Victorian Naturalist (Blackburn) 118(6): 285-286.

Banks, C. 1981. Notes on a seasonal colour change in a western brown snake. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 13(1): 29-30.

Banks, C.B. 1983. Reproduction in two species of captive brown snakes, genus Pseudonaja. Herpetological Review 14(3): 77-79.

Bedford, G.; Christian, K.A. 1998. Standard metabolic rate and preferred body temperatures in some Australian pythons. Australian Journal of Zoology 46(4): 317-328.

Bush, B. 1989. Polymorphism in captive bred siblings of the snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 19(2): 28-32.

Bush, B. 1994. Problems with successful double clutching in captive gwardars, Pseudonaja nuchalis (Serpentes, Elapidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 24(1): 2-5.

Covacevich, J. 1981. On the resemblance between the western brown snake and the small-scaled snake. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 12(2): 30.

Fearn, S.; Sambono, J. 2000. Records of the western Brown Snake Pseudonaja nuchalis (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Townsville, north east Queensland. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 30(2): 50.

Fyfe, G. 1993. Intraspecific aggression in western Brown Snakes (Pseudonaja nuchalis). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 23(1): 36-38.

Johnston, G.R. 1994. Seasonal changes in dorsal reflectance of two species of Australian elapid snakes. Journal of Herpetology 28(1): 109-112.

Jones, P. 1990. A record of predation on Nephrurus levis by Pseudonaja nuchalis. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 20(1): 15-16.

Milhinch, A.L. 1967. Observations on a gwardar (Demansia nuchalis). Western Australian Naturalist 10: 169-170.

Nicolson, L.; Mirtschin, P. 1995. Predation by a mulga snake Pseudechis australis on a western Brown Snake Pseudonaja nuchalis. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(1): 47-48.

Orange, P. 1992. Colour morphs in Pseudonaja nuchalis (Serpentes: Elapidae) - variation on a theme? Herpetofauna (Sydney) 22(1): 22-23.

Orange, P. 1993. Notes on unsuccessful attempts at breeding the western Brown Snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis, (Serpentes: Elapidae) in captivity. Herptile 18(1): 11-17.

Scott, H.H. 1926. Report on the deaths occurring in the Society's Gardens during the year 1925. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1926: 231-244.

Softly, A.; Cockett, E.G. 1967. The overwintering of some captive indigenous reptiles in Perth. Western Australian Naturalist 10: 100.

Pseudonaja textilis

Abom, R.; Schwarzkopf, L. 2016. Differential behavioural flexibility in response to predation risk in native and introduced tropical savannah rodents. Animal Behaviour 122: 117-124.

Annable, T. 1985. Subcaudal scalation analysis of Pseudonaja textilis (Dumeril and Bibron) in the eastern Riverina region. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 16(2): 40-42.

Banks, C.B. 1983. Reproduction in two species of captive brown snakes, genus Pseudonaja. Herpetological Review 14(3): 77-79.

Catt, G.; McDonald, P.J.; Brock, C. 2009. A significant range extension for the Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis) in the Northern Territory. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 39(2): 78-79.

Clemann, N.; Lyon, J.; Trembath, D.; Talbot, N.; Boulton, T. 2010. Observations of combat in the eastern Brownsnake Pseudonaja textilis (Serpentes: Elapidae) from south-eastern Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 40(2): 88-92.

Cochran, D.M. 1944. Dangerous reptiles (popular). Rep. Smithson. Instn. 1943: 275-325.

Cutten, D.; Goodyear, G.; Tarrant, T.; Fitzsimons, J.; Palmer, G. 2013. Rails following snakes: predator-response behaviour, potential prey, prey-flushing or curiosity. Australian Field Ornithology 30(2): 97-102.

Eckert, J. 2003. Brown falcon subdued by prey. South Australian Ornithologist 34(2-3): 85-86.

Fenner, A.L.; SchoField, J.A.; Smith, A.L.; Bull, C.M. 2008. Observations of snake predation on the Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard, Tiliqua adelaidensis. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 38(2): 105-109.

Fleay, D. 1943. The brown snake. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 59(9): 147-152.

Fleay, D. 1951. The scarlet wrestlers of the Australian bush. Animal Kingdom 54: 84-88.

Hall, T.S. 1905. A lizard mimicking a poisonous snake. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 22: 74.

Hoser, R. 1991. An aggregation of eastern Brown Snakes (Pseudonaja textilis). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 21(2): 38.

Hoser, R. 1996. A prey record of the Common Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis for the Eastern Blue-tongue Tiliqua scincoides. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 8(2): 85-86

Hoser, R.T. 2003. A new species of elapid (Serpentes: Elapidae) from western New South Wales. Crocodilian 4(2): 19-22.

Hoser, R.T. 2003. A new subspecies of elapid (Serpentes: Elapidae) from New Guinea. Boydii 2003 (Autumn): 2-4.

Hoser, R.T. 2008. Wild snakes with problems of captive snakes. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 43(8): 132-133.

Hoser, R.T. 2010. Rare cases of 'climbing' in Copperheads and Eastern Brown Snakes. Victorian Naturalist (Blackburn) 127(2): 58-60.

Hughes, N.K.; Price, C.J.; Banks, P.B. 2010. Predators are attracted to the olfactory signals of prey. PLoS ONE 5(9): e13114, 1-4.

Menzies, J.I. 1996. Unnatural distribution of fauna in the east Malesian region. pp. 31-38. In: Kitchener, D.J. & Suyanto, A. (eds.). Proceedings of the first international conference on Eastern Indonesian-Australian vertebrate fauna held at Manado, Indonesia, November 22-26, 1994. Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia. 174 pp.

Minton, S.A.; Minton, M.R. 1981. Toxicity of some Australian snake venoms for potential prey species of reptiles and amphibians. Toxicon 19(6): 749-755.

Mirtschin, P.J.; Shine, R.; Nias, T.J.; Dunstan, N.L.; Hough, B.J.; Mirtschin, M. 2002. Influences on venom yield in Australian tigersnakes (Notechis scutatus) and brownsnakes (Pseudonaja textilis: Elapidae, Serpentes). Toxicon 40(11): 1581-1592.

Norval, G.; Clayton, J.; Sharrad, R.D.; Gardner, M.G. 2018. Notes on the stomach contents of a juvenile Sleepy Lizard, Tiliqua rugosa (Gray 1825), killed by an Eastern Brown Snake, Pseudonaja textilis (Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril 1854) in South Australia. IRCF (International Reptile Conservation Foundation) Journal 25(3): 200–203.

Norval, G.; Gardner, M.G. 2018. Predation by an Eastern Brownsnake, Pseudonaja textilis (Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril 1854), on a Mallee Black-backed Snake, Parasuta nigriceps (Günther 1863). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 25(2): 134–136.

Oliver, B. 1998. Predation on a Pogona sp. by Pseudonaja textilis. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 28(1): 54-55.

O'Shea, M.; Doria, G.; Petri, M.; Kaiser, H. 2016. A 140-year-old specimen from the southern Trans-Fly region of Papua New Guinea proves that the Eastern Brownsnake, Pseudonaja textilis, was nor a wartime or post-war introduction (Serpentes, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'G. Doria' 108: 249-273.

O'Shea, M.; Williams, D. 2009. Natural history notes: Pseudonaja textilis (New Guinea Brownsnake). Attempted ophiophagy. Herpetological Review 40(1): 101-102.

Phillips, B.; Fitzgerald, M. 2004. Encounters between Eastern Brown Snakes (Pseudonaja textilis) and Cane Toads (Bufo marinus) in northern New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 34(1): 23-25.

Reilly, V.M. 1960. Three poisonous brown snakes. North Queensland Naturalist 28(125): 9-10.

Roberts, J.; Mirtschin, P. 1991. An uncommon prey record for the common Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 21(1): 36.

Sass, S. 2008. A case of predation by an adult Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) on an adult Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 38(2): 78-80.

Simpson, K.N.G. 1973. Amphibians, reptiles and mammals of the Murray River region between Mildura and Renmark, Australia. Mitteilungen Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg 34: 275-279.

Smith, J.G. 2003. Natural history notes: Pseudonaja textilis (Eastern Brown Snake) failed predation. Herpetological Review 34(2): 155.

Valentic, R. 1996. A prey record of the Eastern Blue-tongue Tiliqua scincoides for the Common Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 8(2): 84

Watharow, S. 2000. Egg incubation methods and juvenile dispersal of Eastern Brown Snakes (Pseudonaja textilis). Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 11(1): 16-17.

Watharow, S. 2002. Diets of three large elapid snakes from the Melbourne metropolitan region. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 32(1): 30-34.

Whitaker, P.B.; Shine, R. 1999. Responses of free-ranging brownsnakes (Pseudonaja textilis: Elapidae) to encounters with humans. Wildlife Research 26(5): 689-704.

Whitaker, P.B.; Shine, R. 1999. When, where and why do people encounter Australia brownsnakes (Pseudonaja textilis: Elapidae)? Wildlife Research 26(5): 675-688.

Whitaker, P.B.; Shine, R. 2002. Thermal biology and activity patterns of the eastern brownsnake (Pseudonaja textilis): A radiotelemetric study. Herpetologica 58(4): 436-452.

Whitaker, P.B.; Shine, R. 2003. A radiotelemetric study of movements and shelter-site selection by free-ranging brownsnakes (Pseudonaja textilis, Elapidae). Herpetological Monographs 17: 130-144.

Williams, D.J.; O'Shea, M.; Daguerre, R.L.; Pook, C.E.; Wüster, W.; Hayden, C.J.; McVay, J.D.; Paiva, O.; Matainaho, T.L.; Winkel, K.D.; Austin, C.C. 2008. Origin of the eastern brownsnake, Pseudonaja textilis (Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril) (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) in New Guinea: evidence of multiple dispersals from Australia, and comments on the status of Pseudonaja textilis pughi Hoser 2003. Zootaxa 1703: 47-61.

Williams, V.; White, J. 1992. Variation in the composition of the venom from a single specimen of Pseudonaja textilis (common Brown Snake) over one year. Toxicon 30(2): 202-206.