| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: North Irian montane keelback |
| Synonym | Tropidonotus montanus LIDTH DE JEUDE 1911: 271
Tropidonotus montanus — WERNER 1924
Natrix polytaenia LAURENT 1948: 3
Natrix montana — DE HAAS 1950: 541
Amphiesma montana — MALNATE 1960: 50
Natrix montana — WOODRUFF 1972
Tropidonophis montanus — MALNATE & UNDERWOOD 1988: 148
Tropidonophis montanus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 750
Tropidonophis montanus — ROBERTS et al. 2024 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Irian Jaya)
Type locality: Biwak V., Helwig Gebirge, elevation 1360 m.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: RMNH 4704, male
Holotype: IRSN 4544, male, New Guinea; collector A. Braconnier [polytaenia] |
| Diagnosis | Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in MALNATE & UNDERWOOD 1988: 154 (Fig. 26) |
| Etymology | Named after Latin “montanus”, meaning “pertaining to mountains. |
| References |
- HAAS, C.P.J. De 1950. Checklist of the snakes of the Indo-Australian archipelago. Treubia 20 (3): 511-625 - get paper here
- Laurent,R. 1948. Notes sur quelques reptiles appartenant à la collcetion du Musée Royal d’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. II. Formes asiatiques et néo-guiéennes. Bull. Mus. Royal d’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 24 (17): 1-12
- Lidth DE JEUDE, T.W. VAN 1911. Reptilien (Schlangen). Nova Guinea. Résultats de l’expedition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle Guinée en 1907 sous les auspices de Dr. H.A. Lorenz 9. Leiden (E. J. Brill), pp. 265-287
- Lidth DE JEUDE, T.W. VAN 1911. Uitkomsten der Nederlandsche Nieuw-Guinea Expedite in 1907 en 1909. Reptilien (Schlangen). Nova Guinea (Zoologie) 9 (2): 265-287 - get paper here
- Malnate E V; Underwood G 1988. Australasian natricine snakes of the genus Tropidonophis. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA 140 (1) : 59-201 - get paper here
- Malnate, Edmond V. 1960. Systematic division and evolution of the colubrid snake genus Natrix, with comments on the subfamily Natricinae. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 112 (3): 41-71. - get paper here
- O’Shea,M. 1996. A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea. Independent Publishing, Port Moresby, xii + 239 pp. - get paper here
- Roberts, J. R., Kraus, F., Allison, A., Richards, S. J., Iova, B., Tjaturadi, B., ... & Austin, C. C. 2024. Systematics and biogeo graphy of a Sunda-Papuan snake lineage (Natricidae: Tropidonophis Jan 1863). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlae039 - get paper here
- Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams, Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
- Werner, F. 1924. Neue oder wenig bekannte Schlangen aus dem Naturhistorischen Staatsmuseum in Wien. l. Teil. Sitzungsb. Ber. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Abt. l, 133: 29-56 - get paper here
- Woodruff, D.S. 1972. Amphibians and reptiles from Simbai, Bismarck-Schrader Range, New Guinea. Mem. Nat. Mus. Vict. 33: 57-64 - get paper here
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