Stegonotus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Stegonotus
Species (26): S. aplini – S. admiraltiensis – S. aruensis – S. australis – S. ayamaru – S. batjanensis – S. borneensis – S. caligocephalus – S. cucullatus – S. derooijae – S. diehli – S. dorsalis – S. florensis – S. guentheri – S. heterurus – S. iridis – S. keyensis – S. lividus – S. melanolabiatus – S. modestus – S. muelleri – S. nancuro – S. parvus – S. poechi – S. reticulatus – S. sutteri

Name

Stegonotus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 680. BHL

• Type species: Stegonotus muelleri Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Lielaphis Günther, 1863: 399. BHL
  • Type species: Coluber holochrous Günther, 1863, by original designation.
• Zamenophis Günther, 1872: 21. BHL
  • Type species: Zamenophis australis Günther, 1872, by monotypy.
• Pseudolycodon Peters, 1877: 534. BHL
  • Type species: Lycodon lividum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by monotypy.
• Herbetophis Macleay, 1884. BHL
  • Type species: Herbertophis plumbeus Macleay, 1884, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xii + 781–1536 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 
• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1863. Contribution to the herpetology of Ceram. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3(12): 58–60. BHL Reference page. 
• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1872. Seventh account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4th Series) 9(49): 13–37. BHL Reference page. 
• Kaiser, C., Kaiser, H. & O’Shea, M. 2018. The taxonomic history of Indo-Papuan groundsnakes, genus Stegonotus Duméril et al., 1854 (Colubridae), with some taxonomic revisions and the designation of a neotype for S. parvus (Meyer, 1874). Zootaxa 4512(1): 1–73. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4512.1.1 Reference page. 
• Kaiser, C., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2019. Corrigenda and Addenda to the Article “The taxonomic history of Indo-Papuan groundsnakes, genus Stegonotus Duméril et al., 1854 (Colubridae), with some taxonomic revisions and the designation of a neotype for S. parvus (Meyer, 1874)” by Kaiser et al. (2018). Zootaxa 4615(2): 392–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.10 Reference page. 
• Kaiser, C., Lapin, J., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2020. Carefully examining Bornean Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae): the montane groundsnake population in Sabah is a new and distinct species. Zootaxa 4894(1): 53–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.1.2 Reference page. 
• Kaiser, C., Kaiser, H., Mecke, S. & O’Shea, M. 2021. A new species of Stegonotus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the remnant coastal forests of southern Timor-Leste. Zootaxa 5027(4): 489–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5027.4.2 Reference page. 
• Macleay, W.J. 1884. Notes on some reptiles from the Herbert River, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8(4): 432–436. BHL Reference page. 
• O’Shea, M. & Richards, S.J. 2021. A striking new species of Papuan groundsnake (Stegonotus: Colubridae) from southern Papua New Guinea, with a dichotomous key to the genus in New Guinea. Zootaxa 4926(1): 26–42. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.1.2 Reference page. 
• Ruane, S., Richards, S.J., McVay, J.D., Tjaturadi, B., Krey, K. & Austin, C.C. 2018. Cryptic and non-cryptic diversity in New Guinea ground snakes of the genus Stegonotus Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854: a description of four new species (Squamata: Colubridae). Journal of Natural History 52(13-16): 917–944. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1391959 PDF ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Stegonotus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 November 2020.
• Stegonotus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Stegonotus – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Indo-Australische Erdnattern
English: Indo-Australian Ground Snakes