The yellow-naped snake (Furina barnardi), also known commonly as Barnard's snake, is a small species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to northeastern Australia.
Etymology The specific name, barnardi, is in honor of Australian zoologist Henry "Harry" Greensill Barnard (1869–1966).Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Furina barnardi, p. 17).
Geographic range F. barnardi is found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. www.reptile-database.org.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of F. barnardi are forest and rocky areas.
Description The holotype of F. barnardi has a total length of , which includes a tail . In alcohol, the head and neck are blackish, with a yellowish patch on the nape of the neck. The body is uniformly reddish brown dorsally, and uniformly yellowish ventrally.Kinghorn JR (1939).
Behavior A nocturnal species, F. barnardi shelters during the day under leaf litter and fallen logs, and in burrows and soil cracks.
Diet F. barnardi preys upon skinks, especially those of the genus Sphenomorphus.Shine R (1981). "Ecology of Australian Elapid Snakes of the Genera Furina and Glyphodon ". Journal of Herpetology 15 (2): 219–224. (Glyphodon barnardi).
Reproduction F. barnardi is oviparous. Clutch size is 7–10 eggs.
References
Further reading Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . Kinghorn JR (1939). "Two Queensland snakes". Records of the Australian Museum 20 (4): 257–260. (Glyphodon barnardi, new species, pp. 258–259, Figures 1–2). Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .