Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: April 12th, 2025. Taxonomy of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Bibliography of the genus Denisonia Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Genus Denisonia Mud Adder and Ornamental Snake Schlamm-Otter und Ornamentotter Muddergiftsnog og Pragtgiftsnog 1869 Denisonia Krefft (type species: Denisonia ornata Krefft 1869) Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Previously included Suta fasciata and Suta punctata. Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria). Meristic and other data of the world's snakes. Compiled by V. Wallach Key to abbreviations Head drawings of the genus Denisonia. Compiled by V. Wallach Denisonia devisi Mud Adder, (De Vis' Banded Snake) Schlamm-Otter Muddergiftsnog 1884 Hoplocephalus ornatus De Vis [not Denisonia ornata Krefft 1869] 1820 Denisonia maculata devisi Waite & Longman Denisonia devisi Cogger 1975 Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria). Denisonia maculata Ornamental Snake Ornamentotter Pragtgiftsnog 1867 Hoplocephalus maculatus Steindachner Denisonia maculata Mackay 1956 1869 Denisonia ornata Krefft (Golay & al. 1993) 1885 Hoplocephalus muelleri Fischer (Golay & al. 1993) Distribution: Australia (Queensland).