Demansia rufescens

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

Demansia rufescens Storr, 1978

Holotype: WAM 52747, ♀, collected by W.H. Butler on 2 May 1976.
Type locality: “Marandoo minesite, near Mt Bruce, Western Australia, in 22°40’ S, 118°10’ E”.

Demansia olivacea rufescens Storr, 1978: 292 [original combination, as subspcies]
Demansia rufescens — Wells & Wellington, 1985: 45 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Storr, G.M. 1978. Whip snakes (Demansia, Elapidae) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(3): 287–301. BHL
Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page.

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.

Ellis, R. & Wilson, S. 2017. IUCN: Demansia rufescens (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T42493021A42493029. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T42493021A42493029.en. Accessed on 09 September 2025.