Demansia shinei SHEA, 2007
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Demansia shinei SHEA in SHEA & SCANLON 2007 Demansia shinei — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Demansia shinei — WALLACH et al. 2014: 214 |
Distribution | Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia) Type locality: Frewena, NT, in 19°25'S 135°24'E |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: NTM R6489, collected 18.iii.1979 by P. Horner, J. Griffiths & K. O’Brien, from under rubbish near the roadhouse. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized Demansia (SVL up to 622 mm) with brown nuchal collar edged anteriorly and posteriorly with lemon-yellow, a dark teardrop across the fourth and fifth supralabials, ending about junction of last two supralabials, and edged posteriorly with a broad lemon-yellow line that extends onto the primary temporal, throat immaculate or nearly so, and body venter uniformly pale. |
Comment | Habitat: terrestrial Venomous! |
Etymology | Named in honour of Prof. Rick Shine of the University of Sydney, in appreciation of his extensive studies on Australian elapid ecology, including Demansia. |
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