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Yellow-naped snake
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Furina
Species: F. barnardi
Binomial name
Furina barnardi
(Kinghorn, 1939)
Synonyms
  • Glyphodon barnardi
    Kinghorn, 1939
  • Furina barnardi
    — Storr, 1981

The yellow-naped snake (Furina barnardi), also known commonly as Barnard's snake, is a small species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to northeastern Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, barnardi, is in honor of Australian zoologist Henry "Harry" Greensill Barnard (1869–1966).

Geographic range

F. barnardi is found in northeastern Queensland, Australia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of F. barnardi are forest and rocky areas.

Description

The holotype of F. barnardi has a total length of 48 cm (19 in), which includes a tail 6 cm (2.4 in). In alcohol, the head and neck are blackish, with a yellowish patch on the nape of the neck. The body is uniformly reddish brown dorsally, and uniformly yellowish ventrally.

Behavior

A nocturnal species, F. barnardi shelters during the day under leaf litter and fallen logs, and in burrows and soil cracks.

Diet

F. barnardi preys upon skinks, especially those of the genus Sphenomorphus.

Reproduction

F. barnardi is oviparous. Clutch size is 7–10 eggs.

References

  1. ^ Vanderduys, E.; Wilson, S.; Venz, M.; Hobson, R.; Macdonald, S.M (2018). "Furina barnardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T42493070A42493076. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42493070A42493076.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Furina barnardi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Australian Biological Resources Study (4 November 2013). "Species Furina barnardi (Kinghorn, 1939)". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Furina barnardi, p. 17).
  5. Kinghorn JR (1939).
  6. Shine R (1981). "Ecology of Australian Elapid Snakes of the Genera Furina and Glyphodon ". Journal of Herpetology 15 (2): 219–224. (Glyphodon barnardi).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Kinghorn JR (1939). "Two Queensland snakes". Records of the Australian Museum 20 (4): 257–260. (Glyphodon barnardi, new species, pp. 258–259, Figures 1–2).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
Taxon identifiers
Furina barnardi
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