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National Capital District
University of Papua New Guinea

Paulus Keip who was in charge of the specimen collection in the Biology Department of UPNG, was kind enough to loan me the 30 Toxicocalamus specimens in the collection so I could work through them, document their scale counts, measure and photograph them. I found two specimens in the Toxicocalamus which were not even members of that genus so the number of be examined was reduced to 28 and although still a large task but I was aided but Julious.

Four detailed head shots of a Common forest snake, Toxicocalamus loriae

I also packed my own specimens ready for Bulisa Iova at the Museum to ship them to be later when the export permits had been issued.