Tropidonophis doriae

Tropidonophis doriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Infraorder: Alethinophidia
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Tropidonophis
Species: T. doriae
Binomial name
Tropidonophis doriae
(Boulenger, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tropidonotus doriae
    Boulenger, 1897
  • Natrix doriae
    — Loveridge, 1948
  • Amphiesma doriae
    — Malnate, 1960
  • Tropidonophis doriae
    — Malnate & Underwood, 1988

Tropidonophis doriae, commonly known as the barred keelback, is a species of snake belonging to the family Colubridae.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, doriae, commemorates Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.[3][4]

Distribution

T. doriae can be found in the Aru Islands (Maluku province, Indonesia) and in New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and West Papua).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tropidonophis doriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Colubridae. Biolib.
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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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