Demansia shinei

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: Demansia shinei

Demansia shinei Shea in Shea & Scanlon, 2007: 135

Holotype: NTM 6489, ♂, collected by P. Horner, J. Griffiths and K. O’Brien on 18 March 1979.
Type locality: “Frewena, NT, in 19°25’S 135°24’E, Australia”.

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.

Shea, G. & Ellis, R. 2017. IUCN: Demansia shinei (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T42493035A42493037. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T42493035A42493037.en. Accessed on 09 September 2025.