Tropidonophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. www.reptile-database.org.
Species The following 20 species are recognized as being valid. Tropidonophis aenigmaticus – East Papuan keelback, Tropidonophis dahlii – New Britain keelback Tropidonophis dendrophiops – spotted water snake Tropidonophis dolasii Tropidonophis doriae – barred keelback Tropidonophis elongatus – Moluccan keelback Tropidonophis halmahericus Tropidonophis hypomelas – Bismarck keelback Tropidonophis mairii – common keelback, Mair's keelback Tropidonophis mcdowelli – Northern New Guinea keelback Tropidonophis montanus – North Irian montane keelback Tropidonophis multiscutellatus – many-scaled keelback Tropidonophis negrosensis – Negros spotted water snake Tropidonophis novaeguineae – New Guinea keelback Tropidonophis parkeri – Parker's keelback, highland keelback Tropidonophis picturatus – painted keelback Tropidonophis punctiventris – Halmahera keelback Tropidonophis spilogaster – Boie's keelback Tropidonophis statisticus – Papua New Guinea montane keelback Tropidonophis truncatus
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropidonophis.
References
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 ". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 140 (1): 59–201.