Tropidonophis hypomelas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Tropidonophis hypomelas (Günther, 1877)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.7.59 (formerly BMNH 1872.2.24.24), ♂, collected by G. Brown.
Type locality: “Duke of York Island”, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea.

Tropidonotus hypomelas Günther, 1877: 130 [original combination]
Natrix hypomelas — Barbour, 1912 [subsequent combination]
Macropophis hypomela [sic] — Malnate, 1960: 47 [subsequent combination]
Tropidonophis hypomelas — Malnate & Underwood, 1988: 175 [subsequent combination]

Günther, A. 1877. On a collection of reptiles and fishes from Duke of York Island, New Ireland, and New Britain. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 127–132. BHL
Malnate, E.V. 1960. Systematic Division and Evolution of the Colubrid Snake Genus Natrix, with Comments on the Subfamily Natricinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 112: 41–71. JSTOR Reference page.
Malnate, E.V. & Underwood, G. 1984. Australasian Natricine Snakes of the Genus Tropidonophis. Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 140(1): 59–201. JSTOR Reference page.

Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2013. IUCN: Tropidonophis hypomelas (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T196566A2460619. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196566A2460619.en. Accessed on 02 March 2026.