Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Elapidae > Demansia > Demansia angusticeps

Demansia angusticeps (Olive Whipsnake, Marble-headed Whip Snake)

Synonyms: Diemenia angusticeps

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  4
Venomous [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kakadu National Park II 4744348 Northern Territory, Australia
Purnululu National Park II 604999 Western Australia, Australia

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Southwest Australia Australia No

Prey / Diet

Lerista stylis (Arnhem Coast Fine-lined Slider)[1]
Pygopus schraderi (Western Scaly-foot, Black-headed Scaly Foot, Hooded Scaly-foot)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ophidascaris pyrrhus <Unverified Name>[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ecology of Eastern Australian Whipsnakes of the Genus Demansia, Richard Shine, Journal of Herpetology 14(4):381-389 (1980)
♦ 2Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0