Dendrelaphis melanarkys KRAUS, 2025
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Dendrelaphis melanarkys
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Dendrelaphis melanarkys KRAUS 2025: 468 Dendrelaphis papuensis — MCDOWELL 1984 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province: Rossel Island) Type locality: along Rupu R., 11.3354° S, 154.2247° E, 280 m a.s.l., Rossel Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. BPBM 20845 (field number FK 10302), adult male, F. Kraus. Paratypes (n = 20). Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay Province: Rossel Island: same locality as holotype (BPBM 20849); Gobubob, ~ 1 km NNW Camp 3, 11.3354° S, 154.2223° E, 275 m a.s.l. (BPBM 20844, 20851); 11.3327° S, 154.2248° E, 156 m a.s.l. (BPBM 20846–48); above Mission station at Jinjo, 11.3179° S, 154.2353° E (BPBM 20850); Cheme, 11.3231° S, 154.2428° E, 5 m a.s.l. (BPBM 20852); Jinjo, 11.315° S, 154.236° E, 0–100 m a.s.l. (AMNH 76661–66); Abaleti, 11.394° S, 154.198° E 0–50 m a.s.l. (AMNH 76672–76); no specific data (AMNH 89362). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=21): A large species of Dendrelaphis (adult SVL up to 1055 mm, tail up to 440 mm; TL/SVL = 0.26– 0.33); eye approximately equal in diameter to eye-naris distance (EY/EN = 0.93–1.22, mean = 1.00); ventrals 187– 191 in seven males, 181–202 in 12 females (two juveniles are too small to sex); subcaudals 143–147 in four males with complete tails, 127–142 in nine females with complete tails; hemipenis without a terminal awn, ornamented proximally with a few whorls of large spines; dorsum in life bluish bronze, each scale margined in black, without a vertebral stripe; venter bluish gray or bluish yellow; labials and chin yellow suffused or dusted with bluish gray or brown; a black postocular stripe widens and extends down the anterior neck to separate the dark dorsum from the paler venter. (Kraus 2025) Additional details (8264 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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