Stegonotus caligocephalus

Taxonavigation

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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 caligocephalus

Name

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Stegonotus ayamaru Kaiser, Lapin, J., O’Shea & Kaiser, 2020: 58.

  • Holotype: FMNH 215054 (field tag RFI 49331), adult ♀, collected by American herpetologist Robert F. Inger (1920–2019), in February 1953.
  • Type locality: near the Gunung Emas [Gunung Alab] Telekom tower, ca. 5.83° N, 116.34° E, ca. 1950 m a.s.l., Crocker Range National Park, Tambunan District, Sabah State, Malaysia.
Paratype: USNM 130244, adult ♀, “Bundu Tuhan, Mount Kina Balu, Ranau District, Sabah”, ca. 6.05° N, 116.53° E, 1370 m a.s.l., Malaysia, collected by American mammalogist David H. Johnson (1912–1996), on 1 August 1951.

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Vernacular names

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English: Dark-headed Sabah Groundsnake