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Evolution
The yellow-faced whip snake is part of the Demansia genus of venomous snakes of the family
Elapidae. Members of the genus are common groups for whips snakes. The species of the genus
Demansia are gray, brown, gray-green, or beige. All whipsnakes are similar in morphology and
behaviour. The Demansia have slender bodies, long tails, large eyes, defensive, alertness,
diurniality communal and have great speed of movement. The genus of Demansia is distributed
largely in Australia in a range of habitats except for swamps and rainforest. They have attributes
to facilitate the predatory characteristics to chase and capture fast-moving diurnal prey animals.
Their big eyes also assist in helping the snakes to be defensive of dangers whilst also moving fast
to catch their pray. The yellow-faced whip snake evolved from the Demanisa genus are
oviparous laying clutches of 5-6 and 15-20 amniotic eggs. Communal egg laying is common
among the Demansia species with nests having between 500-600 eggs present. Female, yellow-
faced whip snakes experience vitellogenesis between September and November, ovulating in late
spring or summer. Hatchlings are approximately 17cm in length from snout to base of tail and
are laid between February and March. The communal egg-laying up to 200 eggs in deep soil or
rock crevices (Ehmann, 1992). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoonie0811 (talk • contribs) 00:58, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]