Dendrelaphis punctulatus (GRAY, 1826)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Green Tree Snake, Common Tree Snake G: Bronzenatter
Synonym	Leptophis punctulatus GRAY 1826: 432 Ahaetulla punctulatus GRAY 1827 Elaps lewisii GRAY 1841: 444 Dendrophis (Ahetula) olivacea GRAY 1842: 54 Dendrophis prasinus GIRARD 1858: 181 Dendrophis gracilis MACLEAY 1875: 15 Dendrophis breviceps MACLEAY 1877: 33 Dendrophis olivacea MACLEAY 1878:220 (non Dendrophis (A.) olivacea GRAY) Dendrophis bilorealis MACLEAY 1884: 435 Dendrophis punctulatus — FISCHER 1884: 49 Dendrophis punctulatus — BOULENGER 1894: 82 Dendrophis punctulatus — GADOW 1909: 618 Dendrophis punctulatus — DE ROOIJ 1917: 63 Dendrelaphis punctulata — COGGER 1983: 211 Dendrelaphis punctulatus — MATTISON 1995: 100 Dendrelaphis punctulata — COGGER 2000: 621 Dendrelaphis punctulatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Dendrelaphis punctulatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 220 Dendrelaphis punctulatus — ROOIJEN et al. 2015: 50
Distribution	Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, New South Wales) Type locality: Careening Bay, 15°06'S, 125°00'E, W. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.23.34 Holotype: lost (presumed), from unknown locality [Elaps lewisii]. Syntypes: (probable), BMNH 1946.1.23.31, BMNH 1946.1.23.41, ?BMNH 1964.1514 from Port Essington, N. T. and N coast of Australia [Dendrophis (Ahetula) olivacea] Holotype: USNM 5535, given as “unknown”, from Australia, in Cogger 1983 [Dendrophis prasinus] Syntypes: AM R31908-31910, from Cleveland Bay, Townsville, Qld. [Dendrophis gracilis] Syntypes: AM R31911-13, from Mawatta, Binaturi River (as Katow), Papua New Guinea [Dendrophis breviceps] Syntypes: lost (presumed), from Port Darwin, N. T. [Dendrophis olivacea] Holotype: AM R5942, from Ripple Creek, Herbert River, Qld. [Dendrophis bilorealis]
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Comment	Synonymy and type data after COGGER 1983. Illustration in Schmida (2000). Subspecies: Dendrelaphis punctulatus striolatus (PETERS 1867) has been elevated to full species status. Behavior: diurnal Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018)
Etymology	Presumably named after the Latin punctula (small spot), plus the suffix -atus (having), in reference to the apical pits on the body scales. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
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External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.jcu.edu.au/dept/Zoology/herp/trept/colu.html http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/snakes/colubrids/colubrids.htm http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/colubridae.pdf http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/snakes/snakedetail.asp?TaxName… http://www.wildherps.com/species/D.punctulata.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Colubridae/Dendrelaphis… Google images

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