Furina Explained

Furina is a genus of venomous elapid snakes endemic to Australia. It contains five species of which there are no subspecies.

Species

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SpeciesAuthorityCommon nameGeographic 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)Brown-headed snake Australia (Queensland, Cape York Peninsula), Islands of Torres Strait, Papua New Guinea (south-east Irian Jaya)