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Gould's hooded snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Suta
Species:	S. gouldii
Binomial name
Suta gouldii (Gray, 1841)
Synonyms
Elaps gouldii Gray, 1841 Denisonia gouldii — Boulenger, 1896 Parasuta gouldii — Worrell, 1961 Suta gouldii — McDowell, 1970 Unechis gouldii — Cogger, 1975 Rhinoplocephalus gouldii — Storr, 1984 Parasuta gouldii — Greer, 2006 Suta gouldii — Maryan et al., 2020

Gould's hooded snake (Suta gouldii), also known commonly as the black-headed snake and Gould's black-headed snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Western Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, gouldii, is in honor of English ornithologist John Gould.

Description

Adults of S. gouldii have an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 30 cm (12 in), and the length of the tail is on average 13.3% SVL. The maximum recorded SVL is 47 cm (19 in).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of S. gouldii are forest, shrubland, grassland, and rocky areas.

Reproduction

S. gouldii is ovoviviparous.

Venom

Although S. gouldii is venomous, its bite is considered to be of lesser medical significance. A life-threatening envenomation is unlikely, but a debilitating injury is possible.

References

1. ^ Craig M, Gaikhorst G, Valentine L, Sanderson C (2017). "Parasuta gouldii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102718242A102719161. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102718242A102719161.en. Downloaded on 23 January 2020
2. ^ Species Suta gouldii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Suta gouldii, p. 104).
4. Storr GM (1981). "The Denisonia gouldii species-group (Serpentes, Elapidae) in Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 8 (4): 501–515. (Denisonia gouldii, pp. 508–512, Figure 4).
5. Bush, Brian; Maryan, Brad (2006). Snakes and Snake-like Reptiles of Southern Western Australia: A guide to their identification and medical significance for outdoor workers: An important resource for every regional medical professional. Stoneville, Perth, Western Australia: Snakes Harmful & Harmless. 40 pp. ("Gould's Hooded Snake", p. 23, Figure 40).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Gray JE (1841). "Description of some new Species and four new Genera of Reptiles from Western Australia, discovered by John Gould, Esq." Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 7: 86–91. (Elaps gouldii, new species, p. 91).
• Maryan B, Brennan IG, Hutchinson MR, Geidans LS (2020). "What's under the hood? Phylogeny and taxonomy of the snake genera Parasuta Worrell and Suta Worrell (Squamata:Elapidae), with a description of a new species from the Pilbara, Western Australia". Zootaxa 4778 (1): 1–47.
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

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