Species profile—Demansia psammophis (yellow-faced whipsnake)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Demansia psammophis (yellow-faced whipsnake)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837)
- Common name
- yellow-faced whipsnake
- Type reference
- Schlegel, H. (1837). Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens. Partie Générale et Partie Descriptive. La Haye : Kips & Stockum Vol. 2 xv 606 pp. [455]
- WildNet taxon ID
- 493
- Synonym(s)
- Demansia psammophis psammophis
Diemenia psammophis
Pseudoelaps psammophideus
Pseudelaps psammophis
Pseudelaps psammophidius
Elaps psammophis - Alternate name(s)
- yellow-faced whip snake
- 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=493.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
