Denisonia devisi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Denisonia
Species: Denisonia devisi

Name

Denisonia devisi Waite & Longman, 1920

• Holotype: QM J199, collected by F.A. Blackman between 1855–1874.
• Type locality: “near Surat”, Queensland, Australia.
• Etymology: Named after Charles Walter De Vis.

Combinations

• Denisonia maculata var. devisi Waite & Longman, 1920: 178 [original combination, as subspecies; replacement name]
• Denisonia devisi — Mackay, 1956: 31 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Synonyms

• Hoplocephalus ornatus De Vis, 1884: 100 [preoccupied by Denisonia ornata Krefft, 1869]
  • Holotype: QM J199, collected by F.A. Blackman between 1855–1874.
  • Type locality: “near Surat”, Queensland, Australia.

References

Primary references

• De Vis, C.W. 1884. On a new Species of Hoplocephalus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 100. BHL
• Waite, E.R. & Longman, H.A. 1920. Description of Little-known Australian Snakes. Records of the South Australian Museum 1(3): 173–180. BHL Reference page. 
• Mackay, R.D. 1956. The status of Denisonia maculata Steindachner and related species (Ophidia: Elapidae). Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 75th 1954-55: 29–33. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Denisonia devisi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 October 2020.
• Vanderduys, E., Wilson, S., Hobson, R. & Sanderson, C. 2018. IUCN: Denisonia devisi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102707635A102707763. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102707635A102707763.en. Accessed on 02 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: De Vis's Banded Snake

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