Tropidonophis dahlii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Tropidonophis
Species:
T. dahlii
Binomial name
Tropidonophis dahlii
(F. Werner, 1899)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tropidonotus (Macropophis) dahlii
    F. Werner, 1899
  • Tropidonotus hypomelas
    Sternfeld, 1913 (part)
  • Tropidonotus (Macropophis) melanocephalus
    F. Werner, 1925
  • Natrix melanocephala
    — Loveridge, 1948
  • Macropophis hypomela
    — Malnate, 1960 (part)
  • Macropophis melanocephala
    — Malnate, 1960 (part)
  • Tropidonophis dahlii
    — Malnate & Underwood, 1988

Tropidonophis dahlii, also known commonly as the New Britain keelback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, dahlii, is in honor of German zoologist Karl Theodor Friedrich Dahl.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. dahlii is forest near streams, at altitudes of 760–1,070 m (2,490–3,510 ft).[1]

Reproduction

T. dahlii is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Tallowin, O.; Allison, A. (2013). "Tropidonophis dahlii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T177565A1493321. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T177565A1493321.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Tropidonophis dahlii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidonophis dahlii, p. 74).

Further reading

  • Malnate EV, Underwood G (1988). "Australasian natricine snakes of the genus Tropidonophis ". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 140 (1): 59–201. (Tropidonophis dahlii, new combination, p. 169).
  • Sternfeld R (1913). "Beiträge zur Schlangenfauna Neuguineas und der benachbarten Inselgruppen ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft für naturforschende Freunde zu Berlin 1913: 384–388. (Tropidonotus hypomelas, new species, p. 386). (in German).
  • Werner F (1899). "Beiträge zur Herpetologie der pacifischen Inselwelt und von Kleinasien. I. Bemerkungen über einige Reptilien aus Neu-Guinea und Polynesien ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 22: 371–375. (Tropidonotus dahlii, new species, p. 373). (in German).
  • Werner F (1925). "Neue oder wenig bekannten Schlangen aus dem Wiener naturhistorischen Staatsmuseum (2.) Teil ". Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse 134: 45–66. (Tropidonotus melanocephalus, new species, pp. 47–48). (in German).



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