Papuan pygmy mulga snake

Papuan pygmy mulga snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Pseudechis
Species: P. rossignolii
Binomial name
Pseudechis rossignolii
(Hoser, 2000)

The Papuan pygmy mulga snake (Pseudechis rossignolii) is a venomous snake of the family Elapidae native to Australia, genetically confirmed as a distinct species in 2017.[1]

References

  1. Maddock, S.T., A. Childerstone, B.G. Fry, D.J. Williams, A. Barlow & W. Wüster (2017). "Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitation of Australo-Papuan blacksnakes (Pseudechis Wagler, 1830: Elapidae: Serpentes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 48–55." (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 48–55.
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