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href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muyua_Island" title="Muyua Island – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Muyua Island" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlark" title="Woodlark – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Woodlark" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlark" title="Woodlark – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Woodlark" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Woodlark" title="Île Woodlark – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Île Woodlark" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illa_Woodlark" title="Illa Woodlark – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Illa Woodlark" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlark" title="Woodlark – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Woodlark" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-islands-native>div{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-header{background-color:#efefef}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country{border-top:1px solid black;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country2{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-below{text-align:left;border-top:#aaa 1px solid}</style><table class="infobox ib-islands vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Woodlark</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="ib-islands-native">Native name: <div class="nickname">Muyua, Muyuw</div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Karta_PG_Woodlark_isl.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Karta_PG_Woodlark_isl.png/260px-Karta_PG_Woodlark_isl.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="173" class="mw-file-element" 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class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:260px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:260px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:260px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Woodlark is located in Papua New Guinea"><img alt="Woodlark is located in Papua New Guinea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg/260px-Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg/390px-Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg/520px-Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2280" data-file-height="1370" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:73.503%;left:64.278%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Woodlark"><img alt="Woodlark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div>Woodlark</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Woodlark Island (Papua New Guinea)</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Sea" title="Solomon Sea">Solomon Sea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Woodlark_Island&params=9_7_35_S_152_48_20_E_type:isle"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°7′35″S</span> <span class="longitude">152°48′20″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.12639°S 152.80556°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-9.12639; 152.80556</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">240 m (790 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest point</th><td class="infobox-data">Mount Kabat</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Province</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Milne_Bay_Province" title="Milne Bay Province">Milne Bay Province</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kulumadau" title="Kulumadau">Kulumadau</a> (pop. 242 in 1990 (est. 2,500 in 2010 by unofficial census))</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">~1,700 (est. 6,000 in 2010 by unofficial census) (1990)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Woodlark Island</b>, known to its inhabitants simply as <b>Woodlark </b> or <b>Muyua</b>, is the main island of the <b>Woodlark Islands</b> <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Milne_Bay_Province" title="Milne Bay Province">Milne Bay Province</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Sea" title="Solomon Sea">Solomon Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>. </p><p>Although no formal census has been conducted since 1990, the current population is estimated at approximately 6,000 people (see section below on Population Issues). There is one primary school on the island (in <a href="/wiki/Kulumadau" title="Kulumadau">Kulumadau</a>) that teaches about 200 students (60 students are from outer islands); to attend high school/secondary school, all children must travel to <a href="/wiki/Alotau" title="Alotau">Alotau</a> on the <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">mainland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hardland12_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardland12-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AS07-04-1609.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/AS07-04-1609.jpg/220px-AS07-04-1609.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/AS07-04-1609.jpg/330px-AS07-04-1609.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/AS07-04-1609.jpg/440px-AS07-04-1609.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4146" data-file-height="4146" /></a><figcaption>AS07-04-1609 (21 Oct. 1968) --- Woodlark Island in the Solomon Sea, east of New Guinea and northeast of Australia, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 158th revolution of Earth. Photographed from an altitude of 140 nautical miles, at ground elapsed time of 251 hours and 21 minutes.</figcaption></figure> <p>Woodlark Island is also called Woodlark or Woodlarks<sup id="cite_ref-Seligman40_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seligman40-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by English language speakers. It is called Murua by the inhabitants of some other islands in the province.<sup id="cite_ref-Seligman40_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seligman40-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Australian <a href="/wiki/Whaling" title="Whaling">whaling</a> ship <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Woodlark_(188)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Woodlark (188) (page does not exist)"><i>Woodlark</i></a> (Captain George Grimes) called in the 1830s and the report of that visit led to <i>Woodlark</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s name being attached to the island.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other whaling ships visited for water and wood in the decades that followed and islanders sometimes served as crewmen on those vessels. The last recorded whaling ship to call was the American vessel <i>Adeline Gibbs</i> in October 1873.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An Italian missionary order of Catholic clergy, the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Institute_for_Foreign_Missions" title="Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions">Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions</a> (P.I.M.E.), sent five priests and two brothers to Woodlark Island in 1852. <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Mazzucconi" title="Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi">Giovanni Battista (John) Mazzucconi</a> was killed there in 1855 by an islander called Avicoar who opposed the missionaries and their religion.<sup id="cite_ref-sennott_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sennott-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Richard Ede and Charles Lobb, who had a trading post on the nearby Laughlan (Nada) Islands, discovered gold on the island in 1895.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> News of the find sparked off a gold-rush from Australia. By early 1897, steamers were arriving with gold seekers from <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> every fortnight. In 1896–97, there were 400 white miners and 1,600 Papuan labourers on Woodlark who produced 20,000 ounces of gold.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Records show an estimated pre-<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> gold production, including <a href="/wiki/Alluvial" class="mw-redirect" title="Alluvial">alluvial</a> sources, of about 220,000 ounces of gold. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chronicle" title="Operation Chronicle">Operation Chronicle</a> was the name given to the landing of the United States' <a href="/wiki/112th_Cavalry_Regiment" title="112th Cavalry Regiment">112th Cavalry Regiment</a> on Woodlark Island and <a href="/wiki/Kiriwina" title="Kiriwina">Kiriwina</a> on June 30, 1943, during World War II. Within a few months of the landing <a href="/wiki/Seabees" class="mw-redirect" title="Seabees">Seabees</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Base_Woodlark_Island" title="Naval Base Woodlark Island">60th Naval Construction Battalion</a> had constructed a major airbase at <a href="/wiki/Guasopa" title="Guasopa">Guasopa</a> Bay, known as Woodlark Airfield (later <a href="/wiki/Guasopa_Airport" title="Guasopa Airport">Guasopa Airport</a>). </p><p>The island has been extensively logged for <a href="/wiki/Ebony" title="Ebony">ebony</a> which has always been an important cash commodity to the communities on the island since the 1970s. Modern gold exploration was initiated on Woodlark Island in 1962 with the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Mineral_Resources" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau of Mineral Resources">Bureau of Mineral Resources</a> undertaking surface <a href="/wiki/Geochemistry" title="Geochemistry">geochemistry</a>, limited <a href="/wiki/Geophysics" title="Geophysics">geophysics</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Diamond" title="Diamond">diamond</a> drilling during 1962 and 1963 at <a href="/wiki/Kulumadau" title="Kulumadau">Kulumadau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kula14_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kula14-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population_issue">Population issue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Population issue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most recent figures are those of the 1990 census, which note about 1,700 people. The largest villages in the census were Kaulay (160), Moniveyova (140) and Wabunun (154), and these villages are the largest today. However, separate from the villages are the two post-colonial creations of <a href="/wiki/Guasopa" title="Guasopa">Guasopa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kulumadau" title="Kulumadau">Kulumadau</a> (described in the census book as 'large rural non-villages'), which both have relatively large populations, 147 and 242 respectively. As such, <a href="/wiki/Kulumadau" title="Kulumadau">Kulumadau</a> is typically seen as the largest conglomeration of people on the island. Since the 1990 census, <a href="/wiki/Guasopa" title="Guasopa">Guasopa</a> has gained a health center, while <a href="/wiki/Kulumadau" title="Kulumadau">Kulumadau</a> has gained a medium-sized timber company (Milne Bay Logging) and a mining exploration camp (BHP). </p><p>In terms of the traditional divisions of the island, the eastern region (Muyuw) accounts for about 600 people (44% total population), central region (Wamwan) for 400 people (30% total population), and the southern region (Madau/Neyam) for 350 people (26% total population). An unofficial census in 2010 counts place the total population of Woodlark Island at around 6,000 people, with the largest conglomeration of people still in the non-villages of <a href="/wiki/Kulumadau" title="Kulumadau">Kulumadau</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guasopa" title="Guasopa">Guasopa</a>, and the largest village of Kaulay.<sup id="cite_ref-Young90_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Young90-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, the island may have lost up to two-thirds of its population between 1850 and 1920, according to Fred Damon, an <a href="/wiki/Anthropology" title="Anthropology">anthropology</a> professor from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a> who lived on Woodlark Island in the mid-1970s. That is, from an estimated 2,200 people on Woodlark Island during first European contact, the population had dropped to between 700 and 900 by about 1915, though it has rebounded over the years.<sup id="cite_ref-Young90_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Young90-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The wider Woodlark Islands group also consists of <a href="/wiki/Madau" title="Madau">Madau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boagis_Island" title="Boagis Island">Boagis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nusam" title="Nusam">Nusam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nanon_Island" title="Nanon Island">Nanon</a> to the west, <a href="/wiki/Nubara" title="Nubara">Nubara</a> to the east, and the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Bennett_Islands" title="Marshall Bennett Islands">Marshall Bennett</a> group to the southwest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geology">Geology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The island includes a volcanic core of Tertiary age and a wide limestone belt, mainly originated by corals (coral reefs are still active around the island). Also intrusive rocks and sedimentary sands are found.<sup id="cite_ref-Trails61_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trails61-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fauna">Fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Murua_Gharial">Murua Gharial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Murua Gharial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An extinct <a href="/wiki/Gharial" title="Gharial">gharial</a> species, <i><a href="/wiki/Ikanogavialis" title="Ikanogavialis">"Gavialis" papuensis</a></i> (occasionally informally referred to as "Murua Gharial"), occurred in Woodlark Island during the <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a> or <a href="/wiki/Holocene" title="Holocene">Holocene</a> period.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A late surviving <a href="/wiki/Gryposuchinae" title="Gryposuchinae">gryposuchine</a>, this 2–3-meter (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) long piscivore was the last known truly marine crocodilian (modern <a href="/wiki/Saltwater_crocodile" title="Saltwater crocodile">saltwater crocodiles</a> that still occur in the Solomon only occasionally venture into the sea, preferring freshwater environments), found in association with <a href="/wiki/Sirenia" title="Sirenia">sirenian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sea_turtle" title="Sea turtle">sea turtle</a> remains. Like other insular Pleistocene megafauna, it was presumably hunted to extinction by the first human settlers of the islands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conservation">Conservation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Conservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A plan by the Malaysian company Vitroplant to use 70% of the island for <a href="/wiki/Palm_oil" title="Palm oil">palm oil</a> production was scrapped after opposition from the islands inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-Gascoigne_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gascoigne-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mb2007-12-13_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mb2007-12-13-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mb2007-11-12_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mb2007-11-12-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project was seen as a threat to <a href="/wiki/Endemic_(ecology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Endemic (ecology)">endemic</a> organisms on the island.<sup id="cite_ref-mb2007-11-12_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mb2007-11-12-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2009<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, a full wildlife survey of the island had not yet been carried out.<sup id="cite_ref-Gascoigne_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gascoigne-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Endemic_snakes">Endemic snakes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Endemic snakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to its relative isolation, Woodlark Island is home to two <a href="/wiki/Endemic" class="mw-redirect" title="Endemic">endemic</a> <a href="/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">snake</a> taxa. </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candoia_paulsoni_sadlieri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Candoia paulsoni sadlieri (page does not exist)">Candoia paulsoni sadlieri</a></i> <small>Smith <i>et al</i>., 2001</small> <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Woodlark Island ground boa - a subspecies of the widely distributed Melanesian ground boa <i> <a href="/wiki/Candoia_paulsoni" title="Candoia paulsoni">Candoia paulsoni</a></i> <small>McDowell, 1979</small>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toxicocalamus_longissimus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Toxicocalamus longissimus (page does not exist)">Toxicocalamus longissimus</a></i> <small>Boulenger, 1896</small> <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Woodlark Island snake - a member of the endemic and inoffensive New Guinea worm-eating genus<i><a href="/wiki/Toxicocalamus" title="Toxicocalamus">Toxicocalamus</a></i>.</li></ul> <p>There are no medically important <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_animal" title="Terrestrial animal">terrestrial</a> <a href="/wiki/Venomous_snake" title="Venomous snake">venomous snakes</a> on Woodlark Island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Muyuw_language" title="Muyuw language">Muyuw language</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Kilivila%E2%80%93Louisiades_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilivila–Louisiades languages">Kilivila–Louisiades languages</a> and part of the <a href="/wiki/Austronesian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Austronesian language">Austronesian language family</a>, is spoken on the island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 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Tepedelen & F. van Breukelen 2001 A revision of the bevelnosed boas (<i>Candoia carinata</i> complex) (Reptilia: Serpentes). <i>Hamadryad</i>. <b>26</b> (2):283-315.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McDowell, S.B. 1979 A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with special reference to those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. <i>Journal of Herpetology</i>. <b>13</b>(1):1-92.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Boulenger, G.A. 1896 Description of a new genus of elapine snakes from Woodlark Island, British New Guinea. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</i>. <b>6</b> (18) (104):152.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Woodlark_Island&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/png_woodlark.html">pacificwrecks.com "Woodlark Island"</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bismarck_Archipelago" title="Bismarck Archipelago">Bismarck Archipelago</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Islands" title="Admiralty Islands">Admiralty Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baluan_Island" title="Baluan Island">Baluan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ndrova_Island" title="Big Ndrova Island">Big Ndrova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bipi_Island" title="Bipi Island">Bipi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Ndrova_Island" title="Little Ndrova Island">Little Ndrova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Negros_Island" title="Los Negros Island">Los Negros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Island" title="Lou Island">Lou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manus_Island" title="Manus Island">Manus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pak_Island" title="Pak Island">Pak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pam_Islands" title="Pam Islands">Pam Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pityilu_Island" title="Pityilu Island">Pityilu Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponam_Island" title="Ponam Island">Ponam Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purdy_Islands" title="Purdy Islands">Purdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Andrews_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Andrews Islands">St. Andrews Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rambutyo_Island" title="Rambutyo Island">Rambutyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tong_Island,_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Tong Island, Papua New Guinea">Tong</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baudisson_Island" title="Baudisson Island">Baudisson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagabag_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Bagabag (Papua New Guinea)">Bagabag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York_Islands" title="Duke of York Islands">Duke of York Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York_Island,_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Duke of York Island, Papua New Guinea">Duke of York Island</a></li> <li><a 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(Papua New Guinea)">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manam_Motu" title="Manam Motu">Manam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manne_Island" title="Manne Island">Manne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Britain" title="New Britain">New Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hanover_Island" title="New Hanover Island">New Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Ireland_(island)" title="New Ireland (island)">New Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patio_Island" title="Patio Island">Patio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritter_Island" title="Ritter Island">Ritter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Matthias_Islands" title="St Matthias Islands">St Matthias Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirau_Island" title="Emirau Island">Emirau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mussau_Island" title="Mussau Island">Mussau</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakar_Island" title="Sakar Island">Sakar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schouten_Islands_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Schouten Islands (Papua New Guinea)">Schouten Islands</a> 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