Orange-naped snake

Orange-naped snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Furina (snake)
Species:
F. ornata
Binomial name
Furina ornata
(JE Gray, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Elaps ornatus Gray, 1942
  • Brachysoma simile Macleay, 1878
  • Denisonia bancrofti DeVis, 1911
  • Pseudelaps christieanus Fry, 1915

The orange-naped snake (Furina ornata), also known as the moon snake, is a small venomous reptile native to northern and northwestern Australia.