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Revision as of 19:36, 4 May 2006
Disambiguation: For the Roman goddess, see Furrina.
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Genus: | Furina |
Furina is a genus of venomous, elapine snakes found in Australia. It contains five species of which there are no subspecies.
Species
Species | Authority | Common name | Geographic range |
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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) |