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Keelback

keelback (Tropidonophis mairii)
Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
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Tropidonophis mairii - (Gray, 1841)
Pronunciation  TROP-id-oh-NOH-fis   MARE-ee-ee
Etymology  Tropidonophis: 'keeled snake'.
mairii: after Dr A. Mair, who donated the type specimen to the British Museum.
Other names  Freshwater snake
Natrix mairii
Amphibiesma mairii
Styporhynchus mairii
 
 
Total length
Species avg: 50 cm
Species max: 120 cm
Reproduction
Oviparous
Clutch size
Average: 9
Range: 5 - 12
Length and clutch size information comes from a variety of sources, but primarily from Shine (1991) and Cogger (2000).
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References

  1. Llewelyn, John; Phillips, Ben L; Brown, Greg P; Schwarzkopf, Lin; Alford, Ross A; & Shine, Richard (2011). Adaptation or preadaptation: why are keelback snakes (Tropidonophis mairii) less vulnerable to invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus) than are other Australian snakes?. Evolutionary Ecology, 25(1):13-24.
  2. Phillips, B.L.; Brown, G.P.; & Shine, R. (2003). Assessing the Potential Impact of Cane Toads on Australian Snakes. Conservation Biology, 17(6):1738-174. - search web for this article
 

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