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Fig. 2 in Rediscovery of the rare Star Mountains Worm-eating Snake, Toxicocalamus ernstmayri O'Shea et al., 2015 (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) with the description of its coloration in life
Authors/Creators
- 1. Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 1LY, UNITED KINGDOM; West Midland Safari Park, Bewdley, Worcestershire DY12 1LF, UNITED KINGDOM, and Australian Venom Research Unit, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, AUSTRALIA
- 2. Ok Tedi Mining Limited, P.O. Box 1, Tabubil, Western Province 332, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
- 3. P.O. Box 5623, Townsville, Queensland 4810, AUSTRALIA
- 4. Herpetology Department, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, AUSTRALIA
- 5. Department of Biology, Victor Valley College, 18422 Bear Valley Road, Victorville, California 92395, U.S.A.; and Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, U.S.A.
Description
Fig. 2. The first live individual of Toxicocalamus ernstmayri, observed and photographed in broad daylight at the Ok Tedi Mine, North Fly District, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. (A) The individual's serendipitous crossing of a 747 mm wide tire track allowed an approximation of its total length as near 850 mm. (B) The snake moves in a straight line across open ground. (C) Slower movement across a rubble pile allowed a more detailed examination of head and body scales (see Fig. 4). (D) The individual moving under the tracks of a stationary digger. Photos by Blaise Paivu.
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Published as part of O'Shea, Mark, Herlihy, Brian, Paivu, Blaise, Parker, Fred, Richards, Stephen J. & Kaiser, Hinrich, 2018, Rediscovery of the rare Star Mountains Worm-eating Snake, Toxicocalamus ernstmayri O'Shea et al., 2015 (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) with the description of its coloration in life, pp. 27-34 in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e154) 12 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11385946
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- Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.11385968 (DOI)
- Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2612A441D6736248EEC2FAA0D80847E9 (URL)
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.11385946 (DOI)
- Journal article: urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:DA2BDC39D673624DEE4FFFDEDD084049 (LSID)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/DA2BDC39D673624DEE4FFFDEDD084049 (URL)