Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4f2f77c5-f114-4d0d-9c27-c41fb1deb239

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Notechis scutatus
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

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Further details

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Species presence

Recorded In Australia

Terrestrial Habitats

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Description

The Eastern Tiger Snake is variable in colour in colour from brown, olive, grey to black. The most usual pattern is alternating light and dark bands, which gives rise to the common name. Belly cream, yellow, olive green or grey. source: OZ Animals

Online resources

Citizen Science
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Encyclopedia of Life
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NatureShare
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OZ Animals
- Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat, Diet, Reproduction
ReptilesDownUnder.com
- Distribution, Threats, Images, Author, Distribution Map
Wikipedia
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Venomous snakes

Australian iconic species

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Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Notechis scutatus	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Oploceph[alus] cuvieri Gray, 1831	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Gray, J.E. 1831. A synopsis of the species of the class Reptilia. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier Vol. 9 pp. 481+110 pp. pp. 1-110
Alecto fasciolata Jan, 1863	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Jan, G. 1863. Elenco Sistematico Degli Ofidi Descritti e Disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale Milan : A. Lombardi pp. 143 pp.
Hoplocephalus fuscus Steindachner, 1867	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Steindachner, F. 1867. Reptilien. pp. 1–98 in, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorff-Urbair. Zoologie 1(3). Vienna : State Printer
Alecto fasciolata Jan & Sordelli, 1873	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Jan, G. & Sordelli, F. 1873. Iconographie Générale des Ophidiens. Atlas Milan : Jan & Sordelli pp. 43 pp.

Common Names

Common name	Source
Mainland Tiger Snake Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	OZ Animals Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Tiger Snake Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	ReptilesDownUnder.com Australian Faunal Directory
Eastern Tiger Snake Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	OZ Animals