Demansia flagellatio WELLS & WELLINGTON, 1985
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Demansia flagellatio WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 Demansia flagellatio — SHEA & SCANLON 2007 Demansia flagellatio — WALLACH et al. 2014: 213 |
Distribution | Australia (NW Queensland) Type locality: Mt Isa district, Queensland |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: AMS (AM) R64867, collected by D. Stammer. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small, very slender Demansia (SVL up to 510 mm) with very long tail (subcaudals up to 115) and a bold black and yellow head pattern, including yellow postocular bar separated from broad anterior yellow nuchal band, and a second prominent black nuchal band posterior to a prominent posterior yellow nuchal band, but lacking obvious dark markings on anterior ventrals. |
Comment | Synonymy: Prior to its description, D. flagellatio was illustrated by Stammer (in Horton 1976) and Cogger (1975), who both referred the species, either implicitly or explicitly, to D. torquata. Venomous! |
Etymology | No etymology for the name was provided by Wells & Wellington (1985). “Flagellatio” is presumably an abstract noun formed from the Latin verb lagellare (to whip), with the sense of “a whipping”. |
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