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] | |
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 2 3 Tropidonophis doriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2015.
- ↑ Colubridae. Biolib.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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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