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There are over 80 species of snake in Papua New
Guinea, excluding sea snakes. There still remain many parts of the country
unstudied by researchers : given time, there will be undoubtedly be further
discoveries of new species. More remarkable than the species count is the
diversity of colour, form and habits. The species presented here give a
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See also ...
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Blind Snakes (Typhlopidae) |
Boas (Boidae) |
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Blind Snake
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New Guinea Ground Boa
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Pacific Ground Boa
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Papuan Olive Python
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D'Albertis Python
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Boelen's Python
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Green Tree Python
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Keelbacks, Cat Snakes etc. (Colubridae) |
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Many-scaled Keelback
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New Guinea Keelback
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PNG Montane Keelback
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Keelback sp. (Tabubil)
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Brown Cat Snake
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Forest Snakes, Crowned Snakes, Death Adders etc. (Elapidae) |
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New Guinea Death Adder
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Muller's Crowned Snake
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N. Guinea Small-eyed Snake
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Loria Forest Snake
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Sea Snakes (Hydrophiidae) |
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Given the importance of
documenting and sharing verifiable snake sighting records in PNG, I have
included details in each of these pages of the location, elevation and other
details of my sightings. I have relied almost exclusively on Mark O'Shea's
excellent 'Snakes Of Papua New Guinea' for hard facts. I echo Marks plea for
submission of sighting records and/or photos : these can be submitted via :
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Olive Sea Snake
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