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 modestus

Name

Stegonotus modestus (Schlegel, 1837): 119.

  • Holotype: RMNH .RENA 324, adult ♂, collected by German naturalist Salomon Müller (1804–1864), between 5 September and 7 October 1828.
  • Type locality: “Amboine" (=Ambon Island), Maluku Province, Indonesia.

Combinations

  • Lycodon modestus Schlegel, H., 1837: 119.

Synonyms

  • Ablabes greineri Bleeker, P. 1860a: 43, BMNH 1946.1.13.74 (formerly BMNH 63.12.4.21), adult ♂, “Amboina” (Ambon), Maluku, Indonesia.
  • Coronella rosenbergii Bleeker, P. 1860b: 37, RMNH .RENA 4066, adult ♂, “Paulohi, Ceram, Molukschen Archipel” (=Seram), Maluku, Indonesia.
  • Coluber holochrous Günther, A. 1863: 59, BMNH 1946.1.11.40 (formerly BMNH 63.3.28.31), adult ♂, "North Ceram" (=northern Seram), Maluku Province, Indonesia.

References

Primary references

  • Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. Volume 2. M.H. Schonekat: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 606 pp. BHL Reference page.  

Additional references

  • Bleeker, P., 1860. Over de Reptiliën-Fauna van Amboina. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië. (Série 5) 22: 39–43. BHL Open access Reference page. 
  • Bleeker, P., 1860. Over de Reptiliën-Fauna van van [sic] Ceram. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië. (Série 5) 22: 35–36. BHL Open access 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 Paywall Reference page. 
  • Günther, A.C.L.G. 1863. Contribution to the herpetology of Ceram. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3(12): 58–60. BHL 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: Moluccan Groundsnake
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