Demansia quaesitor SHEA, 2007
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Demansia quaesitor
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Demansia quaesitor SHEA 2007 Demansia quaesitor — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Demansia quaesitor — WALLACH et al. 2014: 214 |
| Distribution | Australia (Northern Territory) Type locality: “Hodgson Downs”, Mt Langdon, NT |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NTM R16836, collected by J. Woinarski on 29.v.1991. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small (maximum SVL 565 mm) Demansia with head blue-grey to orange-brown, paler than body, dark transrostral streak (when distinct) reaching orbit, dark postocular teardrop marking extending across top of fifth supralabial and middle of sixth supralabial, directed towards and often reaching ventral extremity of a narrow dark collar on nape, and dark facial and nape markings not or only weakly and diffusely pale-edged. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Material of this species has previously been referred to D. olivacea (Storr, 1978; McKenzie et al., 1995; Stammer in Horton 1976; Storr et al., 1986; Cogger, 1994). Habitat: terrestrial Venomous! |
| Etymology | Named after the Latin noun quaesitor: a judge of the criminal court, alluding to the generally sombre appearance of the species, which lacks pale markings to the dark collar, and has a pale head; a secondary meaning (a searcher or seeker) alludes to the foraging ecology of the genus. |
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