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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Tropidonophis
Species: T. aenigmaticus – T. dahlii – T. dendrophiops – T. dolasii – T. doriae – T. elongatus – T. halmahericus – T. hypomelas – T. mairii – T. mcdowelli – T. montanus – T. multiscutellatus – T. negrosensis – T. novaeguineae – T. parkeri – T. picturatus – T. punctiventris – T. statisticus – T. truncatus
Name

Tropidonophis
References

Kraus, F. & Allison A.. 2004: A new species of Tropidonophis (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 117 (3): 303–310.

Vernacular names
English: Eastern Keelbacks

Tropidonophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae.[1]

Species

The following 19 species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Tropidonophis aenigmaticus Malnate & Underwood, 1988
Tropidonophis dahlii (F. Werner, 1899)
Tropidonophis dendrophiops (Günther, 1883)
Tropidonophis dolasii Kraus & Allison, 2004
Tropidonophis doriae (Boulenger, 1897)
Tropidonophis elongatus (Jan, 1865)
Tropidonophis halmahericus (Boettger, 1895)
Tropidonophis hypomelas (Günther, 1877)
Tropidonophis mairii (Gray, 1841)
Tropidonophis mcdowelli Malnate & Underwood, 1988
Tropidonophis montanus (Lidth de Jeude, 1911)
Tropidonophis multiscutellatus (Brongersma, 1948)
Tropidonophis negrosensis (Taylor, 1917)
Tropidonophis novaeguineae (Lidth De Jeude, 1911)
Tropidonophis parkeri Malnate & Underwood, 1988
Tropidonophis picturatus (Schlegel, 1837)
Tropidonophis punctiventris (Boettger, 1895)
Tropidonophis statisticus Malnate & Underwood, 1988
Tropidonophis truncatus (W. Peters, 1863)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropidonophis.
References

"Tropidonophis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

External links

Genus Tropidonophis at The Reptile Database

Further reading

Jan G (1863). Elenco sistematico degli ofidi descritti e disegnati per l'iconografia generale. Milan: A. Lombardi. vii + 143 pp. (Tropidonophis, new genus, p. 72). (in Italian).
Malnate EV, Underwood G (1988). "Australasian Natricine Snakes of the GenusTropidonophis ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 140 (1): 59-201.

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