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De Vis' banded snake |
Condamine, Queensland Photo © Stewart Macdonald |
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Denisonia devisi | ||||||||||||
Pronunciation | den-is-SOHN-ee-ah de-VEE-ee | |||||||||||
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Etymology |
Denisonia: after Sir William Denison, a former governor of New South Wales.
devisi: after Charles Walter de Vis (pronounced 'de vee', not 'de viss' - it's French), a former curator of the Queensland Museum. |
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Other names |
Mud adder
Denisonia maculata devisi |
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Description | Distribution | Natural history | Conservation | Further information | More photos |
RangeWestern slopes and plains of western, central, and southern Queensland, extending down to the northern interior of New South Wales. Also occurs in north-western Victoria, and the species may be patchily distributed in the intervening area of western New South Wales. Not found in coastal regions. Found in the following Australian states/territoriesNew South Wales, Queensland HabitatLow-lying areas with deep cracks in clay soils. Found in open and riverside woodlands, and brigalow. |
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