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| Furina | |
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| Red-naped snake (Furina diadema) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophiinae |
| Genus: | Furina A.M.C. Duméril, 1853 |
Furina is a genus of venomous elapid snakes endemic to 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) | Brown-headed snake | Australia (Queensland, Cape York Peninsula), Islands of Torres Strait, Papua New Guinea (south-east Irian Jaya) |
External links
- Genus Furina at The Reptile Database
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| Furina | |