Species Denisonia devisi Waite & Longman, 1920
De Vis' Banded Snake
- Denisonia maculata devisi Waite, E.R. & Longman, H.A. 1920. Description of little-known Australian snakes. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 173-180 [178] [nom. nov. for Hoplocephalus ornatus De Vis, 1884].
Type data:
Syntype(s). - Hoplocephalus ornatus De Vis, C.W. 1884. On a new species of Hoplocephalus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 100 [100, pl. 15] [junior secondary homonym of Denisonia ornata Krefft, 1869].
Type data:
Holotype QM J199, near Surat, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [222]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Desert Uplands (DEU), Nandewar (NAN)
Ecological Descriptors
Low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, predator, terrestrial, viviparous, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Primarily anuriphagous.
General References
Mackay, R.D. 1956. The status of Denisonia maculata Steindachner and related species. (Ophidia: Elapidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1954–55: 29-33 (taxonomy)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (De Vis' Banded Snake)
History of changes
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