Tropidonophis dahlii
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Tropidonophis dahlii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Tropidonophis |
Species: | T. dahlii
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Binomial name | |
Tropidonophis dahlii (F. Werner, 1899)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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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
References
- ^ a b Tallowin O, Allison A (2013). "Tropidonophis dahlii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T177565A1493321. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) - ^ a b c Tropidonophis dahlii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- ^ 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).Error: "Q3540654" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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