Tropidonophis truncatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: 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 truncatus

Name

Tropidonophis truncatus (Peters, 1863)

• Syntypes (n=2): ZMB 4883 a-b, ♀, collected by Dr. von Martens between March 1862–December 1864.
• Type locality: “Dodinga, auf der Mitte der Insel Djololo entdeckt”.

Combinations

• Styporhynchus truncatus Peters, 1863: 399 [original combination]
• Tropidonotus truncatus — Boulenger, 1893: 216 [subsequent combination]
• Natrix truncata — Barbour, 1912 [subsequent combination]
• Amphiesma truncata — Malnate, 1960: 50 [subsequent combination]
• Tropidonophis truncatus — Malnate & Underwood, 1988: 92 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1863. Über eine neue Schlangengattung, Styporhynchus, und verschiedene andere Amphibien des zoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863(10): 399–413. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume I. Containing the families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 448 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Iskandar, D., Tallowin, O., O'Shea, M. & Parker, F. 2021. IUCN: Tropidonophis truncatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T42492654A42492667. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T42492654A42492667.en. Accessed on 02 March 2026.