Stegonotus reticulatus

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Stegonotus reticulatus Boulenger, 1895: 31. BHL

Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.14.87 (formerly BMNH 95.4.26.50), adult ♀, collected by English naturalist Albert Stewart Meek (1871–1943), between September and December 1894.
Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.14.88 (formerly BMNH 95.4.26.51), adult ♂, same collector data as BMNH 1946.1.11.37.

Type locality: "Fergusson Island, D’Entrecasteaux Group, British New Guinea", Fergusson Island, ca. 9.54° S, 150.67° E, d'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Boulenger, G.A., 1895. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from Fergusson Island, D'Entrecasteaux group, British New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Sixth Series) 16(91): 28–32. DOI: 10.1080/00222939508680222 . 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.

English: Reticulated Groundsnake