Species Denisonia maculata (Steindachner, 1867)

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• Hoplocephalus maculatus Steindachner, F. 1867. Reptilien. pp. 1–98 in, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorff-Urbair. Zoologie 1(3). Vienna : State Printer. [1869 on title page] [81, pl. 3 figs 3-5].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW 2 specimens (unnumbered,), NSW, subsequent restriction to Rockhampton, QLD proposed by Mackay (1956).

  Type locality 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.
• Denisonia ornata Krefft, G. 1869. The Snakes of Australia; an Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of all the Known Species. Sydney : Govt. Printer xxv 100 pp. [82].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM 6697, near Rockhampton, QLD.
• Hoplocephalus muelleri Fischer, J.G. 1885. Herpetologische Bemerkungen. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 2: 82-121 [109].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMNS 2377 (=10821), 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. [223]

 

Generic Combinations

• Denisonia maculata (Steindachner, 1867).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Ecological Descriptors

Nocturnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial, viviparous, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

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. (Ornamental Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		26-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)