Dendrelaphis atra KRAUS, 2025
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Dendrelaphis atra
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Dendrelaphis atra KRAUS 2025: 472 Dendrelaphis salomonis — MCDOWELL 1984 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province: Misima Island) Type locality: Bwaga Bwaga ridge camp: 10.6740° S, 152.6828° E, 440–480 m, Misima Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. BPBM 17277 (field number FK 6959), adult male, F. Kraus. Paratypes (n = 13). Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay Province: Misima Island: same location as holotype (BPBM 17234); vicinity of Liak, 10.659° S, 152.694° E, 1–80 m a.s.l. (BPBM 17276); along Nulia River, Liak, 10.661° S, 152.685° E, 1–40 m a.s.l. (BPBM 17235); Narian, near mouth of Cornwall Creek, 4 km W Bwagaoia, 0–15 m a.s.l. (AMNH 76691–94); Misima Mine site, 10.6914° S, 152.7958° E, 30 m a.s.l. (SAMA R69248); 10.6644° S, 152.8017° E, 290 m a.s.l. (SAMA R69901); 10.6642° S, 152.7981° E, 270 m a.s.l. (SAMA R69903, R69906, R69911); 10.6742° S, 152.8133° E, 215 m a.s.l. (SAMA R69915). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A moderately large species of Dendrelaphis (adult SVL up to 907 mm, tail up to 390 mm; TL/ SVL = 0.31–0.34); adult eye approximately equal in diameter to eye-naris distance (EY/EN = 0.87–1.11, mean = 1.01); ventrals 177–187 in six males, 182–193 in eight females; subcaudals 124–137 in six males, 121–141 in five females; hemipenis with a transverse ridge approximately halfway along its length and a terminal papilla but no awn, ornamented with small spines below the transverse ridge and calyculate above that; dorsum and venter of adults uniformly black (juveniles and subadults may be brown or gray suffused with black or with each scale margined in black); supralabials white heavily dusted or stained with black; infralabials and chin white heavily dusted or stained with black. (Kraus 2025) Additional details (6389 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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