Suta (genus)

Suta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Suta Worrell, 1961

Suta is a genus of venomous elapid snakes native to mainland Australia.^[1]

Species

• Rosen's Snake, Suta fasciata (Rosén,1905) — Western Australia
• Whip Hooded Snake, Suta flagellum (McCoy,1878) — New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria
• Gould’s Hooded Snake or Black-headed Snake,Suta gouldii (Gray,1841) — Western Australia
• Monk Snake or Hooded Snake,Suta monachus (Storr,1964) — New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory, and Western Australia
• Mallee Black-backed Snake or Black-backed Snake, Suta nigriceps (Günther,1863) — South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia
• Ord Curl Snake, Suta ordensis (Storr,1984) — Western Australia, and Northern Territory (?)
• Spotted Snake or Little Spotted Snake, Suta punctata (Boulenger,1896) — Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia
• Spectacled Hooded Snake, Suta spectabilis (Krefft,1869) — New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia
• Variable Black-naped Snake, Suta dwyeri (Worrell,1956) — New South Wales, and Queensland
• Curl Snake (Eastern States) or Myall Snake (WA), Suta suta (Peters,1863) — New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Northern Territory, and Western Australia

Toxicity

Snakes belonging to the genus Suta are mildly to highly venomous, depending on the species.

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