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
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Stegonotus
Species: Stegonotus cucullatus

Name

Stegonotus cucullatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854): 376. BHL

  • Type locality: “Hâvre Dorey, à la Nouvelle Guinée" (=Doré Bay), West Papua Province, Indonesia.

Combinations

  • Lycodon cucullatum Duméril, A.M., G. Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854: 376.

Synonymy

  • Lycodon magnus Meyer, A.B., 1874: 136 MTKD 573, adult ♂, collected by German naturalist/anthropologist Adolf Bernard Meyer (1840–1911), between 25 March and 5 April 1873 - LOST in Allied Bombing of Dresden, 13–14 February 1945. BHL


References

Primary references

  • Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xii + 781–1536 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Bird's Head Groundsnake
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