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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Suta
Species (11): S. dwyeri – S. fasciata – S. flagellum – S. gaikhorstorum – S. gouldii – S. monachus – S. nigriceps – S. ordensis – S. punctata – S. spectabilis – S. suta
Name

Suta Worrell, 1961: 25

Type species: Hoplocephalus sutus Peters, 1863, by original designation.

Synonyms

Parasuta Worrell, 1961: 26 [synonymized by Maryan, Brennan, Hutchinson & Geidans (2020: 7)]
Type species: Elaps gouldii Gray, 1841, by original designation.

References
Additional references

Maryan, B., Brennan, I.G., Hutchinson, M.N. & Geidans, L.S. 2020. What’s under the hood? Phylogeny and taxonomy of the snake genera Parasuta Worrell and Suta Worrell (Squamata: Elapidae), with a description of a new species from the Pilbara, Western Australia. Zootaxa 4778(1): 1–47. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.1 Paywall Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Hooded Snakes

Suta is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. The genus is endemic to mainland Australia.[1]

Species

Suta dwyeri (Worrell, 1956) – Dwyer's snake, variable black-naped snake, whip snake – New South Wales, Queensland
Suta fasciata (Rosén, 1905) – Rosen's snake – Western Australia
Suta flagellum (McCoy, 1878) – little whip snake, whip hooded snake – New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
Suta gaikhorstorum Maryan, Brennan, Hutchinson, & Geidans, 2020 – Pilbara hooded snake – Western Australia
Suta gouldii (Gray, 1841) – black-headed snake, Gould's hooded snake – Western Australia
Suta monachus (Storr, 1964) – hooded snake, monk snake – New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
Suta nigriceps (Günther, 1863) – black-backed snake, copper snake, Mallee black-backed snake, Mitchell's short-tailed snake – New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Suta ordensis (Storr, 1984) – Ord curl snake – Northern Territory (?), Western Australia
Suta punctata (Boulenger, 1896) – little spotted snake, spotted snake – Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Suta spectabilis (Krefft, 1869) – Port Lincoln snake, spectacled hooded snake – New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Suta suta (W. Peters, 1863) – curl snake (eastern states), myall snake (Western Australia) – New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Toxicity

Snakes belonging to the genus Suta are mildly to highly venomous, depending on the species.
References

"Common Names of Australian Reptiles — Elapidae - venomous snakes". Australianherpetology.com. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

Further reading

Worrell E (1961). "Herpetological Name Changes". West Australian Naturalist 8: 18–27. (Suta, new genus).

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