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Species profile—Tropidonophis mairii (freshwater snake)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Colubridae (colubrid snakes) → Tropidonophis mairii (freshwater snake)

Photo of Tropidonophis mairii (freshwater snake) - Queensland Government,1985
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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Reptilia (reptiles)
Family
Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
Scientific name
Tropidonophis mairii (Gray, 1841)
Common name
freshwater snake
WildNet taxon ID
508
Synonym(s)
Styporhynchus mairii
Alternate name(s)
keelback
keelback snake
swamp tiger
common keelback
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=508.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022