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Text and photos by Nick Baker, unless credited to others.
Copyright © Ecology Asia 2024 |
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Snakes of Papua New Guinea |
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There are over 80 species of snake in Papua New
Guinea, excluding sea snakes. There still remain many parts of the country
unstudied by researchers : given time, there will be undoubtedly be further
discoveries of new species. More remarkable than the species count is the
diversity of colour, form and habits. The species presented here give a
tantalizing glimpse of these elusive creatures. |
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Snakes of SE Asia |
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Blind Snakes (Typhlopidae) |
Boas (Boidae) |
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Blind Snake
Typhlops / Ramphotyphlops sp. |
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New Guinea Ground Boa
Candoia aspera |
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Pacific Ground Boa
Candoia carinata paulsoni |
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Papuan Olive Python
Apodora papuana |
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White-lipped Pythons
Leiopython spp. |
Green Tree Python
Morelia viridis |
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Boelen's Python
Simalia boeleni |
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Bronzebacks (Colubridae) |
Cat Snakes (Colubridae) |
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Dendrelaphis lineolatus
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Brown Cat Snake
Boiga irregularis |
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Many-scaled Keelback
Tropidonophis multiscutellatus |
New Guinea Keelback
Tropidonophis novaeguineae |
Painted Keelback
Tropidonophis picturatus |
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PNG Montane Keelback
Tropidonophis statisticus |
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Keelback sp. (Tabubil)
Tropidonophis sp. |
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Forest Snakes, Crowned Snakes, Death Adders etc. (Elapidae) |
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New Guinea Death Adders
Acanthophis spp. |
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Muller's Crowned Snake
Aspidomorphus muelleri |
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Black Whipsnake
Demansia vestigiata |
N. Guinea Small-eyed Snake
Micropechis ikaheka |
'Black Forest Snake'
Toxicocalamus atratus |
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Given the importance of documenting and sharing verifiable snake sighting
records in PNG, I have included details in each of these pages of the
location, elevation and other details of my sightings. I have relied
almost exclusively on Mark O'Shea's excellent 'Snakes Of Papua New Guinea'
for hard facts. I echo Mark's plea for submission of sighting records
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