Charles Walter de Vis (Birmingham, England, 9 May 1829 — Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 April 1915), known as Devis before about 1882, was an English zoologist, ornithologist., herpetologist, and botanist.De Vis gained a BA from Magdelene College, Cambridge in 1849, became a deacon in 1852, and was rector of Breane, Somerset from 1855-1859.He gave up his ecclesiastical functions to devote himself to science, initially in England then after 1870 in Australia.