Species profile—Demansia cyanochasma (desert whip snake)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Demansia cyanochasma (desert whip snake)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Demansia cyanochasma Nankivell, Maryan, Bush, & Hutchinson, 2023
- Common name
- desert whip snake
- Type reference
- Nankivell, J.H., Maryan, B., Bush, B.G. & Hutchinson, M.N. (2023) Whip it into shape: Revision of the Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837) complex (Squamata: Elapidae), with a description of a new species from central Australia. Zootaxa 5311(3), 301-339.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 42115
- Synonym(s)
- Diemenia reticulata
Demansia psammophis psammophis
Demansia reticulata
Demansia psammophis cupreiceps
Demansia reticulata cupreiceps
Demansia psammophis
Demansia psammophis reticulata - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Venomous
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=42115.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
