The snakes of the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. American Museum novitates ; no. 2775

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dc.contributor.authorMcDowell, Samuel Booker.en_US
dc.contributor.authorArchbold Expedition to New Guinea 1964)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T18:14:37Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T18:14:37Z
dc.date.issued1984en_US
dc.description28 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 27-28).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe snakes known from the Huon Peninsula (from the longitude of Lae eastward) are listed and discussed, mainly on the basis of spcimens collected by the Seventh Archbold Expedition but using other collections as well. The taxonomy of the genus Dendralaphis in the Australian region is discussed and the following species are recognized: D. punctulatus (including D. lineolatus); d. calligastra, D. salomonis, D. lorentzi, D. papuensis (these four have usually been regarded as conspecific); and D. gastrostictus (including D. meeki); hemipenial morphology, dentition, and braincase form are used for discriminating the species. A misidentification of Typhlops inornatus as Ramphotyphlops flaviventer is corrected. The snake fauna, like the frog and lizard faunas previously discussed by Zweifel, is most easily explained as the result of dispersal to a Pliocene island that became joined (probably in the Pleistocene) to the New Guinea mainland, with a lowland fauna occupying this zone of juncture. Little, if any, endemicity is indicated for the Huon snake fauna and there is no special resemblance to the snake fauna of nearby New Britain and Umboi"--P. [1].en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5315
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 2775en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.2775, 1984en_US
dc.subject.lcshSnakes -- Papua New Guinea -- Huon Peninsula.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSnakes -- New Guineaen_US
dc.subject.lcshReptiles -- Papua New Guinea -- Huon Peninsula.en_US
dc.subject.lcshReptiles -- New Guineaen_US
dc.titleThe snakes of the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. American Museum novitates ; no. 2775en_US
dc.title.alternativeHuon Peninsula snakesen_US
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