Pseudechis weigeli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Pseudechis
Species:

Pseudechis weigeli (Wells & Wellington, 1987)

Holotype: WAM R98871 (formerly AM R123995), collected by J. Weigel on 12 January 1987.
Type locality: “Mitchell River c. 2km upstream from Mitchell Falls, WA”.

Cannia weigeli Wells & Wellington, 1987 [original combination]
Pseudechis weigeli — Wüster, Dumbrell, Hay, Pook, Williams & Fry, 2005 [subsequent combination]

Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1987. A new species of proteroglyphous snake (Serpentes, Oxyuranidae) from Australia. The Australian Herpetologist 503: 1–8. Reference page.
Wüster, W., Dumbrell, A.J., Hay, C., Pook, C.E., Williams, D.J. & Fry, B.G. 2005. Snakes across the Strait: trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus, and Pseudechis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(1): 1–14. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.08.018 Reference page.

Kuch, U., Keogh, J.S., Weigel, J., Smith, L.A. & Mebs, D. 2005. Phylogeography of Australia's king brown snake (Pseudechis australis) reveals Pliocene divergence and Pleistocene dispersal of a top predator. Naturwissenschaften 92: 121–127. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0602-0 Reference page.
Maddock, S.T., Childerstone, A., Grieg-Fry, B., Williams, D.J., Barlow, A. & Wüster, W. 2017. Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitation of Australo-Papuan blacksnakes (Pseudechis Wagler, 1830: Elapidae: Serpentes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 48–55. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.005 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Pseudechis weigeli. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 May 2018.
Ellis, R., Shea, G., Teale, R., Cogger, H. & Zichy-Woinarski, J.C. 2017. IUCN: Pseudechis weigeli (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T42493301A42493307. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T42493301A42493307.en. Accessed on 20 July 2025.