Stegonotus admiraltiensis

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

Stegonotus admiraltiensis Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey, & Austin, 2017: 21.

Holotype: LSUMZ 93598, adult ♂, collected by Christopher C. Austin between 29 August and 3 September 2001.

Type locality: Penchal village, 2.3283° S, 147.77° E, 58 m a.s.l., Rambutyo Island, Admiralty Archipelago, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.

Paratype: LSUMZ 93597, unsexed adult, Peyon village, 2.0327°S, 147.43°E, 10 m a.s.l., Los Negros Island, Admiralty Archipelago, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.
Paratype: LSUMZ 93599, unsexed adult, NW of Peyon village, 2.3405° S, 147.79° E 100 m a.s.l., Rambutyo Island, Admiralty Archipelago, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.
Paratype: LSUMZ 93600, unsexed adult, same data as LSUMZ 93599.

Ruane, S., Richards, S.J., McVay, J.D., Tjaturadi, B., Krey, K. & Austin, C.C. 2017. 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 Reference page.

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.
Kaiser, C., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 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.

English: Admiralty Islands Groundsnake