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 heterurus

Name

Stegonotus heterurus Boulenger, 1893: 367. BHL

  • Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.14.91 (formerly BMNH 83.3.17.13), adult ♂, likely collected by naturalist Franz Hübner (1846–1877) for the “Museum Godeffroy”.
  • Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.14.95 (formerly BMNH 77.2.24.19), adult ♂, collected by Methodist missionary George Brown (1835–1917).
  • Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.15.10 (formerly BMNH 79.10.31.7), adult ♂, same collector as BMNH 1946.1.15.10.
  • Type locality: BMNH 1946.1.14.91 "New Britain", New Britain; BMNH 1946.1.14.95, 1946.1.15.1 “Duke of York Id.”, Duke of York Island, east of New Britain, without precise data.

References

Primary references

  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume I. Containing the families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 448 pp. BHL 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 Paywall 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. 
  • McDowell, S.B. 1972. The species of Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Papua New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen 47(2): 6–26. (PDF) Open access Reference page. 
  • O'Shea, M. 1996. A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea. Independent Publishing, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 239 pp. Full book (PDF). Open access 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Bismarck Groundsnake
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