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 parvus

Name

Stegonotus parvus (Meyer, 1874): 137. BHL

  • Syntypes: MTKD 876, two specimens, collected by German naturalist/anthropologist Adolf Bernard Meyer (1840–1911), between 10–28 April 1873 - LOST in Allied Bombing of Dresden, 13–14 February 1945.
  • Type locality: “Neu-Guinea, Jobi" (Ansus, Yapen Island), ca. 1.7341° S, 135.8263° E), Papua Province, Indonesia.
  • Neotype: RMNH .RENA 46844, ♀, collected by leprosy doctor Dick L. Leiker on 22 February 1952.
  • Type locality: Serui, Yapen Island, ca. 1.8807° S, 136.2386° E, Papua Province, Indonesia.

Combinations

  • Lycodon parvus Meyer, A.B., 1874: 137.

References

Primary references

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. 


References


Vernacular names

English: Yapen Little Groundsnake
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