| Dendrelaphis papuensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Dendrelaphis |
| Species: | D. papuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendrelaphis papuensis Boulenger, 1895 | |
Dendrelaphis papuensis, the Papuan treesnake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. [2] The species is found in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea. [1]
Dendrelaphis is a genus of colubrid snakes, distributed from Pakistan, India and southern China to Indonesia, Timor-Leste, the Philippines, Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. There are over forty described species. Asian species are known commonly as bronzebacks, while the Australo-Papuan species are simply called treesnakes. All are non-venomous and entirely harmless to humans.
Dendrelaphis punctulatus, also known commonly as the Australian tree snake, the common tree snake, and the green tree snake, is a species of slender, large-eyed, diurnal, non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to many parts of Australia, especially in the northern and eastern coastal areas, and to Papua New Guinea.
The three-toed swiftlet or Papuan swiftlet is a species of swift. It is found in New Guinea.
The Papuan nightjar or Papuan eared-nightjar is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
The Papuan frogmouth is a species of bird in the family Podargidae.
The Papuan scrubwren is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is found in the highlands of New Guinea ; its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The Papuan bandicoot is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. M. papuensis is a small bandicoot with a soft coat with a clear back, upper torso and face stripes. Its head to body length is 18–21 cm (7.1–8.3 in), the tail is 14–16 cm (5.5–6.3 in) long, the hind foot is from 43 to 47 mm long, the ears are 25 to 28 mm long and the animal weighs 145–184 g (5.1–6.5 oz).
The big-eared mastiff bat is a species of bat in the Molossidae family endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is only known from eleven specimens and it is not easy to survey. It forages in rainforest canopy and roosts in tree hollows. It is likely more widespread than currently known but additional research is needed.
The toothed river herring or Papuan river sprat is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found in New Guinea.
Troides oblongomaculatus, the oblong-spotted birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly found in Indonesia and New Guinea.
Scorpaenopsis papuensis, the Papuan scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific.
Rhabdoblennius papuensis, the Papuan blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the western Pacific ocean, around Papua New Guinea. This species reaches a length of 3.9 centimetres (1.5 in) SL. In 2004, this species along with Rhabdoblennius nigropunctatus, became the most recently described members of the genus Rhabdoblennius.
Dendrelaphis calligaster, also called green tree snake and northern tree snake, is a colubrid snake native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. It is a slender, large-eyed, non-venomous, diurnal snake, which grows up to 1.2 m in length and is greenish, brown, or greyish above with a cream or yellow belly.
The Papua bow-fingered gecko is a species of gecko that is endemic to southern Papua New Guinea.
The Ahaetuliinae are a subfamily of the snake family Colubridae that was erected in 2016 and comprises five genera containing 63 species that are more closely related to one another than to members of the subfamily Colubrinae. Previously placed within Colubrinae, Ahaetuliinae was strongly supported as the sister group to Colubrinae in a 2016 study by Figueroa et al.
The Papuan sittella is one of three species of bird in the family Neosittidae. It is endemic to New Guinea, where it is found in the highlands.
Hypsilurus papuensis, the Papua forest dragon, is a species of agama. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and found in both New Guinean mainland and on the D'Entrecasteaux and Trobriand Islands.
Dendrelaphis gastrostictus, the montane tree snake , is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
Dendrelaphis lineolatus is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Dendrelaphis lorentzii, the Lorentz River treesnake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
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