Suta (snake)
Suta is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. The genus is endemic to mainland Australia.[1]
| Suta | |
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| Suta suta, curl snake | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Reptilia | 
| Order: | Squamata | 
| Suborder: | Serpentes | 
| Family: | Elapidae | 
| Genus: | Suta Worrell, 1961  | 
Species
    
- Suta dwyeri (Worrell, 1956) – Dwyer's snake, variable black-naped snake, whip snake – New South Wales, Queensland
 - Suta fasciata (Rosén, 1905) – Rosen's snake – Western Australia
 - Suta flagellum (McCoy, 1878) – little whip snake, whip hooded snake – New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
 - Suta gaikhorstorum Maryan, Brennan, Hutchinson, & Geidans, 2020 – Pilbara hooded snake – Western Australia
 - Suta gouldii (Gray, 1841) – black-headed snake, Gould's hooded snake – Western Australia
 - Suta monachus (Storr, 1964) – hooded snake, monk snake – New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
 - Suta nigriceps (Günther, 1863) – black-backed snake, copper snake, Mallee black-backed snake, Mitchell's short-tailed snake – New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
 - Suta ordensis (Storr, 1984) – Ord curl snake – Northern Territory (?), Western Australia
 - Suta punctata (Boulenger, 1896) – little spotted snake, spotted snake – Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
 - Suta spectabilis (Krefft, 1869) – Port Lincoln snake, spectacled hooded snake – New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
 - Suta suta (W. Peters, 1863) – curl snake (eastern states), myall snake (Western Australia) – New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
 
Toxicity
    
Snakes belonging to the genus Suta are mildly to highly venomous, depending on the species.
References
    
- "Common Names of Australian Reptiles — Elapidae - venomous snakes". Australianherpetology.com. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
 
Further reading
    
- Worrell E (1961). "Herpetological Name Changes". West Australian Naturalist 8: 18–27. (Suta, new genus).
 
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