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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: Furina
Species: F. barnardi – F. diadema – F. dunmalli – F. ornata – F. tristis
Name

Furina Duméril, 1853
Vernacular names
English: Pale Naped Snakes

Furina is a genus of venomous elapid snakes endemic to Australia. It contains five species of which there are no subspecies.
Species

Species Authority Common name Geographic range
F. barnardi (Kinghorn, 1939) Yellow-naped snake Australia (north-east Queensland, from Port Curtis in the south to Cape York Peninsula)
F. diadema (Schlegel, 1837) Red-naped snake Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria)
F. dunmalli (Worrell, 1955) Dunmall's snake Australia (south-east Queensland)
F. ornata (Gray, 1842) Orange-naped snake Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia)
F. tristis (Günther, 1858) Brown-headed snake Australia (Queensland, Cape York Peninsula), Islands of Torres Strait, Papua New Guinea (south-east Irian Jaya)

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