Tropidonophis dolasii

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 dolasii

Name

• Tropidonophis dolasii F. Kraus & Allison, 2004: 303.

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

• 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