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Furina



Furina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Furina
Duméril, 1853

Furina is a genus of venomous, elapid snakes found in Australia. It contains five species of which there are no subspecies.

Species

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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