THE REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA - ELAPIDS

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COPPER-TAILED WHIP SNAKE
or DESERT WHIP SNAKE
(Demansia cyanochasma)
Venomous - Although bites from this snake may cause swelling and other symptoms, they are not normally considered life threatening. However it would be advisable to get medical advice. This is not an aggressive species, it avoids contact with humans, but is likely to bite if handled or trodden on.

This large Copper-tailed Whip Snake(Demansia cyanochasma) (previosly called Demansia reticulata cupreiceps) was found under a sheet of corrugated iron near Cocklebiddy in South-eastern WA
This large Copper-tailed Whip Snake or Desert Whip Snake (Demansia cyanochasma) (previously called Demansia reticulata cupreiceps) was found under a sheet of corrugated iron near Cocklebiddy in South-eastern WA

Approximate distribution of the Desert Whip Snake (Demansia cyanochasma)
Approximate distribution of the Desert Whip Snake (Demansia cyanochasma)

 

Demansia reticulata cupreiceps
Copper-tailed Whip Snake or Desert Whip Snake (Demansia cyanochasma) (previously called Demansia reticulata cupreiceps)

Notice the unusual comma like eye markings normally found on these species which also have as stripe across the front of their nose

Updated distribution of the Demansia psammophis complex changed in 2023
Updated distribution of the Demansia psammophis complex changed in 2023
This map may change as more data becomes available!

Yellow Faced Whip Snakes from NT, WA the Flinders Ranges in SA and West of Port Augusta which were
previously known as (Demansia psammophis reticulata) are now classified as Demansia cyanochasma or Demansia reticulata


Click here to see photos of Copper-tailed Whip Snakes (D (Demansia cyanochasma) at flickr
Click here to see photos of Copper-tailed Whip Snakes (Demansia cyanochasma) at flickr


LINKS OF INTEREST

Whip it into Shape: Revision of the Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837) Complex (Squamata: Elapidae), with A Description of A New Species from central Australia


Yellow Faced Whip Snake - (Demansia psammophis)
Reptiles of Australia (this site)

Atlas of Living Australia - (Demansia reticulata)

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