Tropidonophis doriae

Tropidonophis doriae, commonly known as the barred keelback, is a species of snake belonging to the family Colubridae. It is found in New Guinea and some nearby islands.[1][2][3]

Tropidonophis doriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Tropidonophis
Species:
T. doriae
Binomial name
Tropidonophis doriae
(Boulenger, 1897)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tropidonotus doriae
    Boulenger, 1897
  • Natrix doriae
    — Loveridge, 1948
  • Amphiesma doriae
    — Malnate, 1960
  • Tropidonophis doriae
    — Malnate & Underwood, 1988

Etymology

The specific name, doriae, commemorates Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.[4][5]

Distribution

T. doriae can be found in the Aru Islands (Maluku province, Indonesia) and in New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and West Papua).[2]

References
  1. Tallowin, O.; Parker, F. & O'Shea, M. (2017). "Tropidonophis doriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T42492548A42492555. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42492548A42492555.en.
  2. Tropidonophis doriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2015.
  3. Colubridae. Biolib.
  4. Boulenger GA (1897). "An account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 38: 694—710. (Tropidonotus doriae, new species, p. 704).
  5. 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 doriae, p. 75).


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