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Demansia calodera STORR, 1978

IUCN Red List - Demansia calodera - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaElapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Black-necked Whipsnake 
SynonymDemansia olivacea calodera STORR 1978
Demansia calodera — WILSON & KNOWLES 1988
Demansia calodera — WELCH 1994: 53
Demansia olivacea calodera — COGGER 2000: 640
Demansia calodera — SHEA & SCANLON 2007
Demansia calodera — WALLACH et al. 2014: 213
Demansia calodera — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 117 
DistributionW Australia from northwest Cape south to Tamala [fide WELCH 1994]; Australia (coast and hinterland of Western Australia from North West Cape to Shark Bay region [fide COGGER 2000]).

Type locality: Tamala, 26° 42'S, 113'42'E, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R54992; Collected by Messrs G. Harold and M. Peterson; Collection Date: August 29, 1976.
Paratypes: (n=28) North-west Division (W.A.): Vlaming Head (22510-11); 3 km N of Yardie HS (55888); Yardie Creek (51027); Ningaloo (32027-8); Cardabia (16966); Marilla (4751, 5322); Wandagee (14055); Quobba Point (17320-1); Carnarvon (22830); Callagiddy (45650); Bernier I. (11241, 13283); Dirk Hartog I. (42378, 44237,44546); Tamala (6530, 54991); Monkey Mia (54831); Peron HS (54817-8); Denham (22433) and 25 km S (54587); Eagle Bluff (22432, 55098). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small Demansia (SVL up to 517 mm) with a dark, pale-edged collar, the pale edges undulating and themselves edged in black, moderately narrow pale postocular bar separating dark teardrop from head dorsum, and a pale venter lacking dark markings on anterior ventrals. (Storr 1978)


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CommentDistribution: not in S Papua New Guinea (Allen Allison, pers. comm., 20 Feb 2017).

Venomous! 
EtymologyThe name is derived from the Greek calos = beautiful and deire = neck), alluding to the strong neck pattern (Storr et al., 1986). 
References
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Eipper T & Eipper S 2024. SNAKES OF AUSTRALIA. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 368 pp. - get paper here
  • Jolly, C., Schembri, B., & Macdonald, S. 2023. Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne - get paper here
  • Maryan, B., Gaikhorst, G., & Parkhurst, B. 2024. The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Zuytdorp coast and hinterland of Western Australia: Exceptional richness in a global biodiversity hotspot. Western Australian Naturalist, 33, 3
  • Shea, G.M. & Scanlon 2007. Revision of the small tropical whipsnakes previously referred to Demansia olivacea (Gray, 1842) and Demansia torquata (Guenther, 1862) (Squamata: Elapidae). Rec. Austral. Mus. 59 (2-3): 117-142 - get paper here
  • Storr G M 1978. Whip snakes (Demansia, Elapidae) of Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 6 (3): 287-301 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
  • Wilson, Stephen K. & Knowles, David G. 1988. Australia's Reptiles: A Photographic Reference to the Terrestrial Reptiles of Australia. Cornstalk Publishing, Pymble, NSW, 447 pp.
 
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