Tropidonophis dolasii

Taxonavigation

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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 dolasii

Name

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Holotype: BPBM 16539 (field tag FK 6118), adult ♀, collected by Dolasi Salepuna on 23 August 2002.
Type locality: E slope of Oya Tabu (Mt. Kikeran), Fergusson Island, d'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Paratype: AMNH R-73879, adult ♀, E slope of Goodenough Island, 900 m a.s.l., d'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, collected by L. Brass (4th Archbold Expedition), 27 October 1953.

References

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  • Kraus, F. & Allison A.. 2004: A new species of Tropidonophis (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 117 (3): 303–310.
  • Tropidonophis dolasii at the New Reptile Database