Stegonotus batjanensis

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: Stegonotus batjanensis

Name

Stegonotus batjanensis (Günther, 1865): 93. BHL

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.36 (formerly BMNH 63.12.4.15), adult ♂, from the collection of Dutch naturalist Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878), but not actually collected by him.

• Type locality: “Batjan" (=Bacan Island), North Maluku Province, Indonesia.

Combinations

• Coluber (Lielaphis) batjanensis Günther, A., 1865: 93.

Synonyms

• Leptophis batjanensis Bleeker, P., 1857: 473 (nomen nudum).

References

Primary references

• Günther, A.C.L.G., 1865. Fourth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3rd Series) 15(86): 89–98. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bleeker P., 1857. Berigt omtrent eenige Reptilien van Sumatra, Borneo, Batjan en Boero. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië. (Série 3) 13(3): 470–475. BHL 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. 
• 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 batjanensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 December 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Bacan Groundsnake