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- Title
Some observations and a review of the variation in banding patterns of juvenile Eastern Brown Snakes Pseudonaja textilis textilis (Elapidae).
- Authors
Turner, Grant S.
- Abstract
The occurrence of juvenile Eastern Brown Snakes Pseudonaja textilis textilis with body bands from Werribee- Keilor plains grasslands near Melbourne is documented and a literature review of the variation in banding patterns across the species' geographic range is examined through published descriptions and photographs. The frequency of banded juveniles from Werribee-Keilor plains was 18% (n = 7) and the number of body bands ranged from 10 to 60. The number of body bands on Victorian juveniles was generally smaller (< 55) than the number of bands on juveniles from NSW (55+) (n = 38). Overall, the number of body bands ranged from 2 to approximately 90, they were typically 1 to 2 dorsal scale lengths in width, and the occurrence of incomplete bands was widespread and reasonably common (43%; n = 16).
- Subjects
WERRIBEE (Vic.); BROWN snakes; BIOLOGICAL variation; GRASSLANDS; GEODATABASES
- Publication
Victorian Naturalist, 2017, Vol 134, Issue 1, p4
- ISSN
0042-5184
- Publication type
Article