Tropidonophis dahlii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Tropidonophis
Species: Tropidonophis dahlii

Name

• Tropidonophis dahlii (Werner, 1899: 373).

Holotype: NMW 23488, ♀, collected by K.T.F. Dahl in 1953.

Type locality: Herbertsgöhe, Neu-Pommern [= New Britain].

Combinations

• Tropidonotus (Macropophis) dahlii - Werner, F., 1899: 373.
• Tropidonophis dahlii - Malnate, E.V. & Underwood, G., 1988: 169.

Synonyms

• Tropidonotus hypomelas - Sternfeld, R., 1913: 386 (part).
• Tropidonophis (Macropophis) melanocephalus - Werner, F., 1925: 47.
• Natrix melanocephala - Loveridge, A., 1948: 380.
• Macropophis hypomela - Malnate, E.V., 1960: 47 (part).
• Macropophis melanocephala - Malnate, E.V., 1960: 47 (part).

References

Primary references

• Werner, F. 1899. Beiträge zur Herpetologie der pacifischen Inselwelt und von Kleinasien. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 22(596): 371–378. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 
• Malnate, E.V. 1960. Systematic Division and Evolution of the Colubrid Snake Genus Natrix, with Comments on the Subfamily Natricinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 112: 41–71. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Malnate, E.V. & Underwood, G. 1984. Australasian Natricine Snakes of the Genus Tropidonophis. Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 140(1): 59–201. JSTOR Reference page. 
• McDowell, S.B. 1984. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 1 12. The Snakes of the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 2775: 1–28. (PDF) Reference page. 
• O'Shea, M. 1996. A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea. Independent Publishing, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 239 pp. Full book (PDF). Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: New Britain keelback

Links

• Tropidonophis dahlii at the New Reptile Database