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

Bibliography of the genus
Suta (Australian Hooded Snakes and Curl 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.


Suta dwyeri

Hannah, D.; Thurgate, N.Y. 2001. Range extensions for two poorly known Queensland snakes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46(2): 400.

Michael, D.R.; Lindenmayer, D.B. 2011. Diplodactylus tessellatus Gunther, 1875 (Squamata: Diplodactylidae), Parasuta dwyeri Greer, 2006 and Suta suta Peters, 1863 (Squamata: Elapidae): distribution extension in the Murray catchment of New South Wales, south-eastern Australia. Check List 7(5): 578-580.

Trikojus, N.; Coulson, S.; Reside, J. 2010. Predation by Dwyer's snake Parasuta dwyeri on an olive legless lizard Delma inornata. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 40(2): 93-95.

Valentic, R. 1998. A size record and further distributional data for Suta dwyeri (Elapidae) in the Sydney Basin. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 28(1): 30-31.

Worrell, E. 1956. A new snake from Queensland. Australian Zoologist 12: 202-205.

Worrell, E. 1963. A new elapine generic name (with skull diagrams of type species recently separated from the Australian genus Denisonia). Australian Reptile Park Records 1: 1-8.

Suta fasciata

Bush, B. 2017. Additions to the description of Paroplocephalus atriceps (Serpentes: Elapidae) with a discussion on pupil shape in it and other Australian snakes. Zootaxa 4344(2): 333–344.

Mackay, R.D. 1956. The status of Denisonia maculata Steindachner and related species (Ophidia: Elapidae). Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1954-55: 29-33.

Smith, L.A. 1980. Taxonomy of Denisonia punctata and Denisonia fasciata (Serpentes: Elapidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(2): 327-333.

Suta flagellum

Fyfe, G.; Booth, P. 1984. Some notes on the habits of the little whip snake, Unechis flagellum. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 16(1): 16-21.

Schulz, M. 1985. The little whip snake - a victim of wildfire? Geelong Naturalist 22(2): 35-36.

Turner, G. 1989. Observations of Unechis flagellum (Elapidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 19(1): 1-7.

Turner, G. 1992. Courtship behaviour and male combat in the little whip snake Rhinoplocephalus flagellum (Elapidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 22(1): 14-21.

Turner, G. 1998. Evidence of diurnal mate-searching in male little whip snakes, Suta flagellum (Elapidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 28(1): 46-50.

Turner, G. 1999. A novel method of identifying sex in neonate little whip snakes Suta flagellum (Elapidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 29(1): 10-12.

Turner, G. 2001. Aggregations and basking in gravid female little whip snakes Suta flagellum (Elapidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 31(1): 37-47.

Turner, G.S. 1998. Congenital deformities in the Little Whip Snake (Suta flagellum) (Elapidae). Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 10(1): 15-17; 32.

Turner, G.S. 2011. Observations of repeated refuge use by the Little Whip Snake Parasuta flagellum (Elapidae). Victorian Naturalist (Blackburn) 128(4): 132-136.

Suta gouldii

Krefft, G. 1866. Descriptions of three species of snakes of the genus Hoplocephalus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 370-371.

Shine, R. 1978. Growth rates and sexual maturation in six species of Australian elapid snakes. Herpetologica 34(1): 73-79.

Storr, G.M. 1981. The Denisonia gouldii species-group (Serpentes, Elapidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(4): 501-515.

Worrell, E. 1963. A new elapine generic name (with skull diagrams of type species recently separated from the Australian genus Denisonia). Australian Reptile Park Records 1: 1-8.

Suta monachus

Orange, P. 1990. Predation on Rhinoplocephalus monachus (Serpentes: Elapidae) by the redback spider, Latrodectus mactans. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 20(1): 34.

Storr, G.M. 1964. Denisonia monachus, a new elapid snake from Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 9: 89-90.

Storr, G.M. 1981. The Denisonia gouldii species-group (Serpentes, Elapidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(4): 501-515.

Suta nigriceps

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.

Sadlier, R.A.; Shea, G.M. 1989. The reptiles of Mungo National Park and the Willandra Lakes region. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 19(2): 9-27.

Storr, G.M. 1981. The Denisonia gouldii species-group (Serpentes, Elapidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(4): 501-515.

Worrell, E. 1963. A new elapine generic name (with skull diagrams of type species recently separated from the Australian genus Denisonia). Australian Reptile Park Records 1: 1-8.

Suta ordensis

Storr, G.M. 1984. Revision of Denisonia suta (Serpentes: Elapidae) and the description of a new species closely related to it. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(3): 249-257.

Suta punctata

Bush, B. 2017. Additions to the description of Paroplocephalus atriceps (Serpentes: Elapidae) with a discussion on pupil shape in it and other Australian snakes. Zootaxa 4344(2): 333–344.

Ellis, G. 1982. Note on the maintenance of a little spotted snake (Denisonia punctata). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 13(2): 25.

Smith, L.A. 1980. Taxonomy of Denisonia punctata and Denisonia fasciata (Serpentes: Elapidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(2): 327-333.

Suta spectabilis

Storr, G.M. 1981. The Denisonia gouldii species-group (Serpentes, Elapidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(4): 501-515.

Storr, G.M. 1988. A new Rhinoplocephalus (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(1): 137-138.

Suta suta

Bourke, G.; Matthews, A.; Michael, D.R. 2017. Can protective attributes of artificial refuges offset predation risk in lizards. Austral Ecology 42(4): 497-507.

Fenner, A.L. 2010. Predation of a Spencers Burrowing Frog (Platyplectrum spenceri) by a curl snake (Suta suta). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 40(2): 113-114.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1929. Herpetological notes. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 17(2): 76-84.

Michael, D.R.; Lindenmayer, D.B. 2011. Diplodactylus tessellatus Gunther, 1875 (Squamata: Diplodactylidae), Parasuta dwyeri Greer, 2006 and Suta suta Peters, 1863 (Squamata: Elapidae): distribution extension in the Murray catchment of New South Wales, south-eastern Australia. Check List 7(5): 578-580.

Shine, R. 1988. Food habits and reproductive biology of small Australian snakes of the genera Unechis and Suta (Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 22(3): 307-315.

Smith, L.A. 1978. The elapid snakes Denisonia pallidiceps and Denisonia suta in the Kimberleys of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 14(3): 75.

Storr, G.M. 1984. Revision of Denisonia suta (Serpentes: Elapidae) and the description of a new species closely related to it. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(3): 249-257.

Worrell, E. 1963. A new elapine generic name (with skull diagrams of type species recently separated from the Australian genus Denisonia). Australian Reptile Park Records 1: 1-8.