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Crack-dwelling whipsnake |
Hughenden, Queensland Photo © Stephen Zozaya |
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Demansia rimicola | ||||||||
Pronunciation | dee-MAN-see-ah rimm-ih-KOHL-lah | |||||||
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Etymology |
Demansia: after A. van Diemen.
rimicola: 'crack-dweller'. |
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Other names | Demansia torquata | |||||||
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Description | Distribution | Natural history | Conservation | Further information | More photos |
RangeFrom the far south-eastern Kimberley, Western Australia, across the cracking clay plains on the Northern Territory to the extensive plains of central and western Queensland, and as far south as far north-eastern South Australia.1 Found in the following Australian states/territoriesNew South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia HabitatGrassland on cracking clay soils. |
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