Denisonia
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| Denisonia | |
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| Denisonia maculata, ornamental snake | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophiinae |
| Genus: | Denisonia Krefft, 1869 |
Denisonia is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. The genus is endemic to Australia, and contains two recognized species.
Species
[edit | edit source]The following two species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Denisonia devisi (Waite & Longman, 1920) – De Vis's banded snake, De Vis' banded snake, mud adder
- Denisonia maculata (Steindachner, 1867) – ornamental snake
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The generic name, Denisonia, is in honor of William Thomas Denison, mid 19th century governor of parts of Australia. The specific name, devisi, is in honor of English herpetologist Charles Walter De Vis.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Genus Denisonia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Genus Denisonia, p. 69; species Denisonia devisi, p. 71).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Genus Denisonia Krefft, 1869. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government.
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Krefft G (1869). The Snakes of Australia; An Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of All the Known Species. Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer. xxv + 100 pp. + Plates I-XII. (Denisonia, new genus, pp. 82–83 + Plate XI, figure 4).
- Waite ER, Longman HA (1920). "Descriptions of Little-known Australian Snakes". Records of the South Australian Museum 1 (3): 173-180 + Plate XXVII. (Denisonia maculata var. devisi, new name, pp. 178–179, Text figure 36 + Plate XXVII, figure 2).
- Wilson, Steve (2003). Reptiles of the Southern Brigalow Belt. Australia: World Wildlife Fund. pp. 33–34.
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