Mud adder

Mud adder
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Denisonia
Species:	D. devisi
Binomial name
	Denisonia devisi; (Waite & Longman, 1920)
	Distribution of D. devisi
Synonyms
	Hoplocephalus ornatus ; De Vis, 1884 ; (non Denisonia ornata Krefft, 1869); Denisonia maculata var. devisi ; Waite & Longman, 1920 ; (nomen novum pro Hoplocephalus ornatus); Denisonia devisi ; — Cogger, 1983;

The mud adder (Denisonia devisi), also known commonly as Devis's banded snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to certain regions of eastern Australia, including South West Queensland, northern New South Wales, north-west Victoria, and (more recently) South Australia. Its scientific and common names refer to Charles Walter De Vis.

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