Indonesia · Island occurrence guide

Salawati

16 existing species accounts name this island or island group. This index shows the current sourced collection, not a complete island checklist.

Papua · Regional landscape

Place the record in context.

Lorentz National Park spans a remarkable gradient from the central cordillera toward the Arafura coast, connecting mountain environments with southern lowlands and wetlands.

This describes the wider region. Local vegetation and the habitat of an individual species require their own evidence.

The wider region

Papua

Indonesian New Guinea and nearby Indonesian islands. Papua New Guinea is outside this chapter; Aru is indexed under Maluku.

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Landscape context

Read the habitats.

These guides describe documented environments in the wider Papua region. They do not assign every listed species to every habitat or protected site.

Read the original scope

Behind the occurrence.

Choose an account recorded in Salawati. Its country-level evidence retains the named islands and qualifications; it is not a record of a sighting at an exact map point.

The shared collection

Snakes recorded here.

Each card opens the same species account used by the country lists. A shared island record does not imply occurrence in all countries sharing that island.

16 records
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Pacific boa

Candoia carinata

(SCHNEIDER, 1801)

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Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
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Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
BoidaeRead account
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Green treesnake

Dendrelaphis calligaster

(GÜNTHER, 1867)

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Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
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Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
ColubridaeRead account
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Dendrelaphis lineolatus

(JACQUINOT & GUICHENOT, 1853)

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Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
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Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
ColubridaeRead account
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D’Albertis python

Leiopython albertisii

(PETERS & DORIA, 1878)

Length
Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
Venom status
Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
PythonidaeRead account
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De Rooij's groundsnake

Lielaphis derooijae

RUANE, RICHARDS, MCVAY, TJATURADI, KREY & AUSTIN, 2017

Length
Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
Venom status
Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
ColubridaeRead account
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Iridescent groundsnake

Lielaphis iridis

RUANE, RICHARDS, MCVAY, TJATURADI, KREY & AUSTIN, 2017

Length
Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
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Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
ColubridaeRead account
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Ramphotyphlops depressus

PETERS, 1880

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Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
Venom status
Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
TyphlopidaeRead account
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Yellow-bellied blindsnake

Ramphotyphlops flaviventer

(PETERS, 1864)

Length
Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
Venom status
Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
TyphlopidaeRead account
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Hook-nosed blindsnake

Ramphotyphlops multilineatus

(SCHLEGEL, 1839)

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Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
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Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
TyphlopidaeRead account
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Ramphotyphlops supranasalis

(BRONGERSMA, 1934)

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Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
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Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
TyphlopidaeRead account
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Amethystine or scrub python

Simalia amethistina

(SCHNEIDER, 1801)

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Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
Venom status
Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
PythonidaeRead account
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Bacan Island groundsnake

Stegonotus batjanensis

(GÜNTHER, 1865)

Length
Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
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Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
ColubridaeRead account
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Moluccan keelback

Tropidonophis elongatus

(JAN, 1865)

Length
Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
Venom status
Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
ColubridaeRead account
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Tropidonophis halmahericus

(BOETTGER, 1895)

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Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
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Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
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Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
ColubridaeRead account
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Painted keelback

Tropidonophis picturatus

(SCHLEGEL, 1837)

Length
Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
Venom status
Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
Known venom effects
Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
ColubridaeRead account
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Tropidonophis truncatus

(PETERS, 1863)

Length
Length not yet addedAtlas entry awaiting completion
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Venom classification not yet addedHuman effects: atlas summary awaiting completion
Known venom effects
Effects not yet summarised in this atlas
ColubridaeRead account

Landscape references

Sources checked 7 October 2026. Taxonomic and distribution treatments may change.

  1. UNESCO — Lorentz National Park

Species distribution sources are provided separately in the evidence panel and each species account.