The species grows to an average of about 35–36 cm in length, occasionally up to 46 cm. Body colouration is mainly a light to rich reddish-brown with a dark grey to black hood.[1]
suta, gaikhorstorum, also, known, pilbara, hooded, snake, species, venomous, snake, that, endemic, australia, specific, epithet, gaikhorstorum, honours, naturalists, klaas, mieke, gaikhorst, armadale, reptile, wildlife, centre, scientific, classificationdomain. Suta gaikhorstorum also known as the Pilbara hooded snake is a species of venomous snake that is endemic to Australia The specific epithet gaikhorstorum honours naturalists Klaas and Mieke Gaikhorst of the Armadale Reptile amp Wildlife Centre 1 Suta gaikhorstorumScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ReptiliaOrder SquamataSuborder SerpentesFamily ElapidaeGenus SutaSpecies S gaikhorstorumBinomial nameSuta gaikhorstorumMaryan Brennan Hutchinson amp Geidans 2020Description editThe species grows to an average of about 35 36 cm in length occasionally up to 46 cm Body colouration is mainly a light to rich reddish brown with a dark grey to black hood 1 Distribution and habitat editThe species is found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia especially in the Hamersley Range It occurs in heavy often stony soils in mulga and eucalypt woodlands with a Triodia understorey The type locality is 5 km south of the Mount Tom Price mine 1 References edit a b c Suta gaikhorstorum MARYAN BRENNAN HUTCHINSON amp GEIDANS 2020 Reptile Database Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann Retrieved 27 May 2021 nbsp This Elapidae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Suta gaikhorstorum amp oldid 1025421377, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
