Tropidonophis doriae

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 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 doriae

Name

Tropidonophis doriae (Boulenger, 1898)

• Syntypes (n=18): BMNH 1946.1.12.84 (formerly BMNH 1897.12.10.116), ♀ [Moroka], 1946.1.12.61–62 (formerly BMNH 1897.12.10.117–118), two ♂ [Haveri], MSNG CE 36101a–c [Haveri], and MSNTO 946a–b (formerly MZUT 2561a–b), collected by L. Loria between 1889–1892, location of other syntypes unknown.
• Type locality: “Haveri, Moroka, Bartholomew Distribution, 2300 feet, South-Eastern British New Guinea”.

Combinations

• Tropidonotus doriae Boulenger, 1898: 704 [original combination]
• Natrix doriae — Barbour, 1912 [subsequent combination]
• Amphiesma doriae — Malnate, 1960: 50 [subsequent combination]
• Tropidonophis doriae — Malnate & Underwood, 1988: 102 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1898. An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 18: 694—710.
• 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

• Tallowin, O., Parker, F. & O'Shea, M. 2017. IUCN: Tropidonophis doriae  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T42492548A42492555. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42492548A42492555.en. Accessed on 02 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Barred Keelback