Denisonia maculata (STEINDACHNER, 1867)
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | Ornamental Snake |
Synonym | Hoplocephalus maculatus STEINDACHNER 1867: 81 Denisonia ornata KREFFT 1869: 82 Hoplocephalus Muelleri FISCHER 1885: 109 Denisonia maculata - COGGER 1983: 223 Denisonia maculata — WELCH 1994: 55 Denisonia maculata — COGGER 2000: 644 Denisonia maculata — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Denisonia maculata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 226 |
Distribution | Australia (Queensland) Type locality: N. S. W., subsequent restriction to Rockhampton, Qld. proposed by Mackay (1956). Map legend: ![]() NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and not in every cases it works well. We are working on it. |
Reproduction | viviparous. |
Types | Syntypes: NMW = NHMW, unnumbered (2 specimens) Holotype: AM 6697, from near Rockhampton, Qld. [Denisonia ornata] Holotype: SMNS 2377 (=10821), from Qld. [Hoplocephalus muelleri] |
Comment | Synonymy after COGGER 1983. Venomous! Type species: Hoplocephalus maculatus STEINDACHNER 1867: 81 is the type species of the genus Denisonia KREFFT 1869. |
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