taxonID	type	format	identifier	references	title	description	created	creator	contributor	publisher	audience	source	license	rightsHolder	datasetID
2612A441D6736248EEC2FAA0D80847E9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11385948/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11385948	Fig. 1. Satellite map (derived from Google Earth) of the southern Star Mountains, North Fly District, Western Province, Papua New Guinea, with yellow dots on the larger map indicating two localities (Wangbin and Ok Tedi Mine), approximately 13 km apart, where Toxicocalamus ernstmayri has been recorded. The main town is Tabubil at the confluence of the Ok Tedi and Ok Mani, which flow into the Fly River. Scale = 5 km. The inset map illustrates the location of the larger map in relationship to the rest of New Guinea.	Fig. 1. Satellite map (derived from Google Earth) of the southern Star Mountains, North Fly District, Western Province, Papua New Guinea, with yellow dots on the larger map indicating two localities (Wangbin and Ok Tedi Mine), approximately 13 km apart, where Toxicocalamus ernstmayri has been recorded. The main town is Tabubil at the confluence of the Ok Tedi and Ok Mani, which flow into the Fly River. Scale = 5 km. The inset map illustrates the location of the larger map in relationship to the rest of New Guinea.	2018-06-18	O’Shea, Mark;Herlihy, Brian;Paivu, Blaise;Parker, Fred;Richards, Stephen J.;Kaiser, Hinrich		Zenodo	biologists	O’Shea, Mark;Herlihy, Brian;Paivu, Blaise;Parker, Fred;Richards, Stephen J.;Kaiser, Hinrich			
2612A441D6736248EEC2FAA0D80847E9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11385952/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11385952	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.	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.	2018-06-18	O’Shea, Mark;Herlihy, Brian;Paivu, Blaise;Parker, Fred;Richards, Stephen J.;Kaiser, Hinrich		Zenodo	biologists	O’Shea, Mark;Herlihy, Brian;Paivu, Blaise;Parker, Fred;Richards, Stephen J.;Kaiser, Hinrich			
2612A441D6736248EEC2FAA0D80847E9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11385960/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11385960	Fig. 3. View of an actively worked area of the Ok Tedi Mine. The observed individual of Toxicocalamus ernstmayri eventually disappeared into the vegetation on the slope in the top left of the photograph.Photo by Blaise Paivu.	Fig. 3. View of an actively worked area of the Ok Tedi Mine. The observed individual of Toxicocalamus ernstmayri eventually disappeared into the vegetation on the slope in the top left of the photograph.Photo by Blaise Paivu.	2018-06-18	O’Shea, Mark;Herlihy, Brian;Paivu, Blaise;Parker, Fred;Richards, Stephen J.;Kaiser, Hinrich		Zenodo	biologists	O’Shea, Mark;Herlihy, Brian;Paivu, Blaise;Parker, Fred;Richards, Stephen J.;Kaiser, Hinrich			
2612A441D6736248EEC2FAA0D80847E9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11385966/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11385966	Fig. 4. Confirming the individual’s identification as Toxicocalamus ernstmayri. (A) Close-up of the snake shown in Fig. 2C with insets B, C, and D indicated. (B, B’) Head and neck in extreme close-up. Color coding of head scalation includes six supralabials (orange), one anterior temporal (yellow), and two posterior temporals (blue), but no temporolabial (see Fig. 5). The head scutes appear to comply with the colubrid-elapid nine dorsal scute arrangement (i.e., two internasals, two prefrontals, one frontal, two supraoculars, and two parietals; therefore lacking any head scute fusion, although this is difficult to discern from the magnified image with accuracy. (C, C’) Based on the visible dorsal scales, the dorsal scale count on the anterior body is 15. The count is achieved by locating the vertebral scale row and counting down to the lowest dorsal scale row (eight scales), doubling the count, and subtracting one scale to account for the single vertebral scale row. (D, D’) The dorsal scale count at midbody, performed as described for the previous panel, is also 15.	Fig. 4. Confirming the individual’s identification as Toxicocalamus ernstmayri. (A) Close-up of the snake shown in Fig. 2C with insets B, C, and D indicated. (B, B’) Head and neck in extreme close-up. Color coding of head scalation includes six supralabials (orange), one anterior temporal (yellow), and two posterior temporals (blue), but no temporolabial (see Fig. 5). The head scutes appear to comply with the colubrid-elapid nine dorsal scute arrangement (i.e., two internasals, two prefrontals, one frontal, two supraoculars, and two parietals; therefore lacking any head scute fusion, although this is difficult to discern from the magnified image with accuracy. (C, C’) Based on the visible dorsal scales, the dorsal scale count on the anterior body is 15. The count is achieved by locating the vertebral scale row and counting down to the lowest dorsal scale row (eight scales), doubling the count, and subtracting one scale to account for the single vertebral scale row. (D, D’) The dorsal scale count at midbody, performed as described for the previous panel, is also 15.	2018-06-18	O’Shea, Mark;Herlihy, Brian;Paivu, Blaise;Parker, Fred;Richards, Stephen J.;Kaiser, Hinrich		Zenodo	biologists	O’Shea, Mark;Herlihy, Brian;Paivu, Blaise;Parker, Fred;Richards, Stephen J.;Kaiser, Hinrich			
2612A441D6736248EEC2FAA0D80847E9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/11385970/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11385970	Fig. 5. Distinguishing Toxicocalamus from Micropechis. (A,A’)Holotype of T.ernstmayri (MCZ R-145946)from Wangbin, Western Province, PNG. (B, B’) Holotype of T. grandis (BMNH 1946.1.18.34) from Setakwa River, Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea. (C, C’) Yellow phase of Micropechis ikaheka (BMNH 1909.4.30.12) from the FakFak Peninsula, West Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea. Color-coding of head scalation includes six supralabials (orange), a single anterior temporal (yellow), two posterior temporals (blue), and a temporolabial (red). The individual we report here clearly has the same head scute arrangement as T. ernstmayri.	Fig. 5. Distinguishing Toxicocalamus from Micropechis. (A,A’)Holotype of T.ernstmayri (MCZ R-145946)from Wangbin, Western Province, PNG. (B, B’) Holotype of T. grandis (BMNH 1946.1.18.34) from Setakwa River, Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea. (C, C’) Yellow phase of Micropechis ikaheka (BMNH 1909.4.30.12) from the FakFak Peninsula, West Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea. Color-coding of head scalation includes six supralabials (orange), a single anterior temporal (yellow), two posterior temporals (blue), and a temporolabial (red). The individual we report here clearly has the same head scute arrangement as T. ernstmayri.	2018-06-18	O’Shea, Mark;Herlihy, Brian;Paivu, Blaise;Parker, Fred;Richards, Stephen J.;Kaiser, Hinrich		Zenodo	biologists	O’Shea, Mark;Herlihy, Brian;Paivu, Blaise;Parker, Fred;Richards, Stephen J.;Kaiser, Hinrich			
