Demansia

Demansia reticulata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Demansia
Species (15): D. angusticeps – D. calodera – D. cyanochasma – D. flagellatio – D. olivacea – D. papuensis – D. psammophis – D. quaesitor – D. reticulata – D. rimicola – D. rufescens – D. shinei – D. simplex – D. torquata – D. vestigiata

Name

Demansia Gray, 1842: 54

• Type species: Lycodon reticulatus Gray, 1842, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Diemansia Günther, 1858 [emendation of Demansia Gray, 1842]
• Diemenia Günther, 1863 [emendation of Demansia Gray, 1842; nomen praeoccupatum pro Diemenia Spinola, 1850]
• Elapocephalus Macleay, 1878: 221 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Elapocephalus Günther, 1858]
  • Type species: Elapocephalus ornaticeps Macleay, 1878, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1842. Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians. Pp. 51–57 in Gray, J.E. (ed.) Zoological Miscellany. Treuttel, Wurtz & Co.: London. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Shea, G.M. & Scanlon, J.D. 2007. Revision of the small tropical whipsnakes previously referred to Demansia olivacea (Gray, 1842) and Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) (Squamata: Elapidae). Records of the Australian Museum 59(2-3): 117–142. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5311.3.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Demansia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Venomous Whip Snakes