Yellow-faced whip-snake
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phylum | Chordata | The yellow-faced whip-snake (Demansia psammophis) is a species of snake in the Elapidae family, a family containing many dangerous snakes. It is endemic to Australia. A long thin snake with a narrow head. Greyish green in colour. The eye has a "comma" like marking to the edge of the lip, the black marking is edged with yellow. A white edged dark line is seen from the snout.
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clade | Diapsida | |
order | Squamata | |
suborder | Serpentes | |
family | Elapidae | |
genus | Demansia | |
species | D. psammophis |