Tropidonophis dahlii

Tropidonophis dahlii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific 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. 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. 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).