Tropidonophis Explained

Tropidonophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae.^[1]

Species

The following 20 species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Tropidonophis aenigmaticus – East Papuan keelback,
• Tropidonophis dahlii – New Britain keelback
• Tropidonophis dendrophiops – spotted water snake
• Tropidonophis dolasii
• Tropidonophis doriae – barred keelback
• Tropidonophis elongatus – Moluccan keelback
• Tropidonophis halmahericus
• Tropidonophis hypomelas – Bismarck keelback
• Tropidonophis mairii – common keelback, Mair's keelback
• Tropidonophis mcdowelli – Northern New Guinea keelback
• Tropidonophis montanus – North Irian montane keelback
• Tropidonophis multiscutellatus – many-scaled keelback
• Tropidonophis negrosensis – Negros spotted water snake
• Tropidonophis novaeguineae – New Guinea keelback
• Tropidonophis parkeri – Parker's keelback, highland keelback
• Tropidonophis picturatus – painted keelback
• Tropidonophis punctiventris – Halmahera keelback
• Tropidonophis spilogaster – Boie's keelback
• Tropidonophis statisticus – Papua New Guinea montane keelback
• Tropidonophis truncatus

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropidonophis.

Further reading

• Jan G (1863). Elenco sistematico degli ofidi descritti e disegnati per l'iconografia generale. Milan: A. Lombardi. vii + 143 pp. (Tropidonophis, new genus, p. 72). (in Italian).
• Malnate EV, Underwood G (1988). "Australasian Natricine Snakes of the GenusTropidonophis ". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 140 (1): 59–201.

Notes and References

1. www.reptile-database.org.