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> Snakes of PNG  

 

 

 

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 tantalizing glimpse of these elusive creatures.

 

 See also ... Snakes of SE Asia

 
Blind Snakes  (Typhlopidae) Boas  (Boidae)
           
Blind Snake
 
 
 
  New Guinea Ground Boa
 
  Pacific Ground Boa
 
 
 
                 
Pythons  (Pythonidae)
         
Papuan Olive Python 
 
  D'Albertis Python
 
  Boelen's Python
 
  Green Tree Python
 
 
 
                 
Keelbacks, Cat Snakes etc.  (Colubridae)
       
Many-scaled Keelback
 
  New Guinea Keelback
 
  PNG Montane Keelback
 
  Keelback sp. (Tabubil)
 
  Brown Cat Snake
 
                 
Forest Snakes, Crowned Snakes, Death Adders etc.  (Elapidae)
         
New Guinea Death Adder
 
  Muller's Crowned Snake
 
  N. Guinea Small-eyed Snake
 
Loria Forest Snake
   
 
 
                 

Sea Snakes  (Hydrophiidae)

    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 :
Olive Sea Snake
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                 

  See also ... Snakes of SE Asia