Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56

Southerly range extension of the poorly known, Queensland endemic yellow-napped snake Furina barnardi (squamata: elapidae) into the Mulga Lands

Citation

Ferguson, D., Mathieson, M. & Eyre, T. 2012. Southerly range extension of the poorly known, Queensland endemic yellow-naped snake Furina barnardi (Squamata: Elapidae) into the Mulga Lands. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56(1): 9-12. Brisbane. ISSN 0079-8835. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.1.2012-02

Published online

17 February 2012

Peer reviewed

Yes

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.1.2012-02

Keywords

Furina barnardi, range extension, Mulga Lands

Abstract 

The range of Furina barnardi is extended more than 200 km south to Mount Morris Station (25.84°S, 145.63° E) near Charleville, southwestern Queensland. Despite recent concentrated survey effort in the region, this is the first record for this rarely encountered species in the Mulga Lands biogeographic region. The specimen was collected from mulga (Acacia aneura) woodland which generally matches other dry woodland areas where the species has previously been recorded. Comment is made on the incorrect usage of the divided nasal scale, an apparent key feature used in many current field guides to separate F. barnardi from its congeners.