Tropidonophis multiscutellatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Tropidonophis
Species: Tropidonophis multiscutellatus

Name

Tropidonophis multiscutellatus (Brongersma, 1948)

• Holotype: RMNH 8669, ♂, collected by H.A. Lorentz (Second Dutch New Guinea Expedition) in 1909.
• Type locality: “Alkmaar, Lorentz River”, S Irian Jaya, E Indonesia.

Combinations

• Natrix mairii multiscutellata Brongersma, 1948: 3 [original combination]
• Styporhynchus multiscutellatus — McDowell, 1984: 19 [subsequent combination]
• Tropidonophis multiscutellatus — Malnate & Underwood, 1988: 120 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Brongersma, L.D. 1948. A new subspecies of Natrix mairii (Gray) from Dutch New Guinea. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 51: 372–381.
• 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. 

Links

• O'Shea, M. & Parker, F. 2022. IUCN: Tropidonophis multiscutellatus  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2015 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42492603A217801688. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T42492603A217801688.en. Accessed on 02 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Many-scaled Keelback