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Disambiguation: For the Roman goddess, see Furrina.
Furina is a genus of venomous, elapid snakes found in Australia. It contains five species of which there are no subspecies.
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Species |
Authority |
Common name |
Geographic range |
F. barnardi |
Kinghorn, 1939 |
Yellow-naped snake |
Australia (north-east Queensland, from Port Curtis in the south to Cape York Peninsula) |
F. diadema |
Schlegel, 1837 |
Red-naped snake |
Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria) |
F. dunmalli |
Worrell, 1955 |
Dunmall's snake |
Australia (south-east Queensland) |
F. ornata |
Gray, 1842 |
Orange-naped snake |
Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia) |
F. tristis |
Günther, 1858 |
Grey-naped snake |
Australia (Queensland, Cape York Peninsula), Islands of Torres Strait, Papua New Guinea (south-east Irian Jaya) |
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