Stegonotus melanolabiatus

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 melanolabiatus

Name

Stegonotus melanolabiatus Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey, & Austin, 2017: 18.

• Holotype: AMS R115343, adult ♂, collected by Stephen C. Donnellan and Kenneth P. Aplin in Apirl and May 1984.

• Type locality: Doido, 6.5500° S, 144.83° E, 1300 m a.s.l., Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea.

• Paratype: AMS R122906, adult ♂, Waro, ca. 6.5333° S, 143.18° E, 550 m a.s.l., Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
• Paratype: AMS R115361, adult ♀, Noru, ca. 6.5833° S, 144.65° E, 1150 m a.s.l., Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea.
• Paratype: AMS R115320, unsexed adult, same data as AMS R115361.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Stegonotus melanolabiatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 December 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Black-lipped Groundsnake