Dendrelaphis papuensis BOULENGER, 1895

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Papuan treesnake
Synonym	Dendrelaphis papuensis BOULENGER 1895: 409 Dendrelaphis papuensis — O’SHEA 1996 Charlespiersonserpens (Downieea) papuensis lizelliottae HOSER 2012 Dendrelaphis papuensis — ROOIJEN et al. 2015: 49 Dendrelaphis papuensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 219 Dendrelaphis papuensis — KRAUS 2025
Distribution	Papua New Guinea (Trobriand Islands) Type locality: Trobriand Island, Milne Bay Province
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype. BMNH 1946.1.6.58, obtained by A.S. Meek in Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, designated herein. Paralectotypes. BMNH 1946.1.6.57, 1946.1.6.59–61, same data as lectotype. Additional Material. Papua New Guinea: Central Province: Edevu, 9.2130° S, 147.3097° E (NHM 2013.275); Milne Bay Province: Alotau, 10.3067° S, 150.4381° E, 5 m a.s.l. (BPBM 20817); Opea Island, 10.6034° S, 150.0113° E, 0–1 m a.s.l. (UMMZ 245411).
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Comment	Synonymy: Kraus 2025 split Dendrelaphis papuensis into 4 species, D. papuensis, D. melanarkys, D. anthracina, and D. roseni. Behavior: diurnal Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018)
Etymology	Named after its distribution in Papua New Guinea.
References	Blackburn, D.G. 1993. STANDARDIZED CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF REPRODUCTIVE MODES IN SQUAMATE REPTILES. Herpetologica 49 (1): 118-132 - get paper here Boulenger, George A. 1895. Description of two new reptiles obtained by Mr. A.S. Meek in the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 16: 408-409 - get paper here Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here Hoser, R.T. 2012. Divisions of the Asian colubrid snake genera Xenochrophis, Dendrelaphis and Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae). Australasian J. Herpetol. 12:65–76 - get paper here Kaiser, H.; Crother, B.I.; Kelly, C.M.R.; Luiselli, L.; O’Shea, M.; Ota, H.; Passos, P.; Schleip, W.D. & Wüster, W. 2013. Best Practices: In the 21st Century, Taxonomic Decisions in Herpetology are Acceptable Only When Supported by a Body of Evidence and Published via Peer-Review. Herpetological Review 44 (1): 8-23 KRAUS, F. 2025. New species of snakes of the genus Dendrelaphis (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Milne Bay Islands, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 5618(4): 451-480 - 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 Rooijen, J. van, G. Vogel & R. Somaweera 2015. A revised taxonomy of the Australo-Papuan species of the colubrid genus Dendrelaphis (Serpentes: Colubridae). Salamandra 51 (1): 33-56 - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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