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Suta suta | ||||||||||||
Pronunciation | SUE-tah SUE-tah | |||||||||||
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Etymology |
Suta: 'stitched-(one)', after the reticulate pattern.
suta: 'stitched'. |
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Other names |
Myall snake
Denisonia suta |
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DescriptionLight iris. Light to reddish-brown above, paler on lower flanks. Sometimes the edges of the scales are darker, resulting in a reticulated pattern. The head and nape are darker brown or black, except for a dark-bottomed, pale (normally orange) stripe running along the temporal region and forward through the eye to the nostril. Supralabials are white or cream. Sometimes found with a dark and narrow vertebral stripe. The ventral surface is creamy-white. Similar speciesOrd curl snake (Suta ordensis), which has dark ventral bands. Scale count information
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