Demansia is a genus of snake of the Elapidae

Elapidae

Elapidae is a family of venomous snakes found in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, terrestrially in Asia, Australia, Africa, North America and South America and aquatically in the Pacific and Indian Oceans...

 order. Demansia as also known as whip snakes,and all species of the family is painted on gray, cuttlefish, brown, gray-green or kaki and the unique specie in cream colour is the Yellow-faced whip snake

Demansia psammophis

The Yellow-faced Whip-Snake is a species of snake in the Elapidae family. A family containing many dangerous snakes. It is endemic to Australia....

. Whip snakes are very long and narrow. The species is venomous

Venomous snake

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. Whip snakes are located around Australia

Australia

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, Port Moresby

Port Moresby

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 and the nearby islands.

Diet

Whip snakes eat mainly lizards. Whip snakes are diurnal (active in the day), and use their keen eyesight to locate prey. The victim dies fast by the active venom effects.

Venom

The whip snakes venom is relatively weak, however they are known to have a very painful bite. Envenomation by a large specimen should be considered dangerous and medical attention should be sought.

Species

• Demansia atra
• Demansia calodera
• Demansia olivacea
• Demansia papuensis
• Demansia psammophis
  Demansia psammophis
  The Yellow-faced Whip-Snake is a species of snake in the Elapidae family. A family containing many dangerous snakes. It is endemic to Australia....
  
  
• Demansia rufescens
• Demansia simplex
• Demansia torquata
• Demansia vestigata
• Demansia textilis
• Demansia shinei

Original publication

• Gray, J. E. 1842. Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians. Zoological Miscellany 51—57 (London: Treuttel, Würtz & Co)