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Bibliography of the genus
Demansia (Sahul Whip Snakes)
(Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae)
Note:
In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.
Demansia in general
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Scanlon, J.D. 1998. Prey-scaring by visual pursuit predators: a new use for tail-waving in snakes. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 28(2): 5-10.
Shea, G.M.; Scanlon, J.D. 2007. Revision of the small tropical whipsnakes previously referred to Demansia olivacea (Gray, 1842) and Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) (Squamata: Elapidae). Records of the Australian Museum 59(2-3): 117-142.
Shine, R. 1980. Ecology of eastern Australian whipsnakes of the genus Demansia. Journal of Herpetology 14(4): 381-389.
Storr, G.M. 1978. Whip snakes (Demansia, Elapidae) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(3): 287-301.
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Demansia olivacea
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Kinghorn, J.R. 1942. Herpetological notes. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 21(2): 118-121.
Macleay, W. 1878. Notes on a collection of snakes from Port Darwin. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 219-222.
Neill, W.T. 1949. Two cases of snake bite in New Guinea. Copeia 1949(3): 228-229.
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Demansia papuensis
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Shea, G. 1998. Geographic variation in scalation and size of the black whip snakes (Squamata: Elapidae: Desmansia vestigiata complex): evidence for two broadly sympatric species. Beagle 14: 41-61.
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Demansia psammophis
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Covacevich, J.A.; Limpus, C. 1972. Observations on community egg-laying by the yellow-faced whip snake, Demansia psammophis (Schlegel 1837) (Squamata: Elapidae). Herpetologica 28(3): 208-210.
Daly, G. 2000. Island populations: reptiles and amphibians of the Jervis Bay region on the south coast of New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 30(1): 11-17.
Downes, S. 2001. Trading heat and food for safety: costs of predator avoidance in a lizard. Ecology (Washington, D.C.) 82(10): 2870-2881.
Downes, S.; Shine, R. 2001. Why does tail loss increase a lizard's later vulnerability to snake predators? Ecology (Washington, D.C.) 82(5): 1293-1303.
Downes, S.J. 2002. Does responsiveness to predator scents affect lizard survivorship? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52(1): 38-42.
Downes, S.J. 2002. Size-dependent predation by snakes: Selective foraging or differential prey vulnerability? Behavioral Ecology 13(4): 551-560.
Kinghorn, J.R. 1942. Herpetological notes. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 21(2): 118-121.
Llewelyn, J.S.; Shine, R.; Webb, J.K. 2005. Thermal regimes and diel activity patterns of four species of small elapid snakes from south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 53(1): 1-8.
Maddocks, M. 1975. A study of the yellow faced whip snake (Demansia psammophis) in the field and in captivity. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 7(2): 12-13.
Michael, D. 2007. A range extension for the yellow-faced whip snake Demansia psammophis in south-eastern NSW and an addition to the herpetofauna of the Albury-Wodonga region. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 37(2): 81-82.
Orange, P. 1991. Notes on the diet of the yellow-faced whip snake Demansia psammophis psammophis in the Kambalda region of Western Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 21(2): 29-30.
Orange, P. 1994. A note regarding colour change in Demansia psammophis psammophis (Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 24(2): 41.
Ormsby, A.I. 1952. Notes on snake hibernation in New South Wales. Proceedings K. zool. Soc. N.S.W. 1950-51: 25-27.
Scanlon, J.D. 1982. Community egg laying by the yellow-faced whip snake (Demansia psammophis). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 13(2): 25.
Schwaner, T.D.; Miller, B. 1984. Range extensions of reptiles in South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 108(3-4): 215-216.
Sochurek, E. 1955. Über einige Schlangen aus Australien. Aquarien und Terrarien (Leipzig) 2: 53-56.
Webb, J.K.; Du, W.G.; Pike, D.A.; Shine, R. 2009. Chemical cues from both dangerous and nondangerous snakes elicit antipredator behaviours from a nocturnal lizard. Animal Behaviour 77(6): 1471-1478.
Williams, V.; White, J. 1990. Variation in venom composition and reactivity in two specimens of yellow-faced whip snake (Demansia psammophis) from the same geographical area. Toxicon 28(11): 1351-1354.
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Demansia quaesitor
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Shea, G.M.; Scanlon, J.D. 2007. Revision of the small tropical whipsnakes previously referred to Demansia olivacea (Gray, 1842) and Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) (Squamata: Elapidae). Records of the Australian Museum 59(2-3): 117-142.
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Demansia reticulata
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Smith, A.; Meulders, B.; Michael, B.C.; Driscoll, D. 2012. Wildfire-induced mortality of Australian reptiles. Herpetology Notes 5: 233-235.
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Demansia rimicola
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Shea, G.M.; Scanlon, J.D. 2007. Revision of the small tropical whipsnakes previously referred to Demansia olivacea (Gray, 1842) and Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) (Squamata: Elapidae). Records of the Australian Museum 59(2-3): 117-142.
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Demansia shinei
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Shea, G.M.; Scanlon, J.D. 2007. Revision of the small tropical whipsnakes previously referred to Demansia olivacea (Gray, 1842) and Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) (Squamata: Elapidae). Records of the Australian Museum 59(2-3): 117-142.
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Demansia torquata
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Kinghorn, J.R. 1942. Herpetological notes. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 21(2): 118-121.
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Demansia vestigiata
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Bedford, G. 1992. Notes on the incubation and hatching of the black whip snake (Demansia atra). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 22(1): 24-25.
Covacevich, J.A.; Roberts, L.; McKinna, I. 1994. Male combat in the black whip snake Demansia vestigiata. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37(1): 52.
Fearn, S.; Trembath, D. 2009. Body size, food habits, reproduction and growth in a population of black whip snakes (Demansia vestigiata) (Serpentes: Elapidae) in tropical Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 57(1): 49-54.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1999. Opinion 1940. Hoplocephalus vestigiatus De Vis, 1884 (Reptilia, Serpentes): specific name placed on the Official List. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56(3): 221-222.
Kelehear, C. 2012. Natural history notes: Demansia vestigiata (Lesser Black Whipsnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 43(4): 659.
Shea, G. 1998. Comment on the proposed conservation of the specific name of Diemenia atra Macleay, 1884 (currently Demansia atra; Reptilia, Serpentes). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(2): 115-118.
Shea, G. 1998. Geographic variation in scalation and size of the black whip snakes (Squamata: Elapidae: Desmansia vestigiata complex): evidence for two broadly sympatric species. Beagle 14: 41-61.
Smith, H.M.; Wallach, V. 1997. Case 2920. Diemenia atra Macleay, 1884 (currently Demansia atra; Reptilia, Serpentes): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 54(1): 31-34.
Trembath, D.; Rowley, J.L. 2005. An observation of the foraging behaviour of the black whip snake Demansia vestigiata (Serpentes: Elapidae): successful predation of a frog Limnodynastes ornatus (Anura: Myobatrachidae) buried underground. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 35(2): 114-115.
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