Species Tropidonophis mairii (Gray, 1841)

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Generic Combinations

• Styporhynchus mairii (Gray, 1841). —
  Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [214]
• Tropidonophis mairii (Gray, 1841).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital in New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Amphibious, closed forest, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, tall forest, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Primarily anuriphagous.

 

General References

Brongersma, L.D. 1948. A new subspecies of Natrix mairii (Gray) from Dutch New Guinea. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Wetenschappen 51: 372-381 (taxonomy)

Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [214] (subspecies not identified in Cogger et al. (1983: 214), in which Styporhynchus mairii was recognised as the valid name and Cogger listed synonyms)

Cogger, H.G. & Lindner, D.A. 1974. Frogs and reptiles in fauna survey of the Port Essington District, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory of Australia. In Frith, H.J. & Calaby, J.H. (eds) CSIRO Div. Wildl. Res. Tech. Pap. 28: 63–107. (natural history)

Covacevich, J. 1974. An unusual aggregation of snakes following major flooding in the Ipswich-Brisbane area, south-eastern Queensland. Herpetofauna 7: 21-24 (aggregation)

Covacevich, J. & Archer, M. 1975. The distribution of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, in Australia and its effects on indigenous vertebrates. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 305-310 (as predator)

Lyon, B. 1973. Observations on the common keelback snake, Natrixback mairii, in Brisbane, south-eastern Queensland. Herpetofauna 6: 2-5 (natural history)

Worrell, E. 1946. The northern river snake (Natrix mairii). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1945–46: 32 (natural history)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Freshwater Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)