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Species profile—Pseudoferania polylepis (Macleay's water snake)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Colubridae (colubrid snakes) → Pseudoferania polylepis (Macleay's water snake)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Reptilia (reptiles)
Family
Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
Scientific name
Pseudoferania polylepis (Fischer, 1886)
Common name
Macleay's water snake
WildNet taxon ID
514
Synonym(s)
Enhydris polylepis
Hypsirhina macleayi
Pseudoferania macleayi
Hypsirhina polylepis
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Venomous

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=514.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022