Stegonotus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.[1] Species of the genus Stegonotus are native to Australia, Indonesia, and New Guinea.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Stegonotus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 |
Species edit
The genus Stegonotus contains 24 species which are recognized as being valid.[1][2]
- Stegonotus admiraltiensis Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin, 2017 – Admiralty Islands ground snake
- Stegonotus aplini O'Shea & Richards, 2021 – Purari White ground snake
- Stegonotus aruensis (Doria, 1875) – Aru Islands ground snake
- Stegonotus australis (Günther, 1872) – Australian ground snake
- Stegonotus ayamaru C. Kaiser, O'Shea & H. Kaiser, 2019 – Ayamaru ground snake
- Stegonotus batjanensis (Günther, 1865) – Bacan Island groundsnake, Batjan frog-eating snake
- Stegonotus borneensis Inger, 1967 – Borneo ground snake, Borneo frog-eating snake
- Stegonotus caligocephalus C. Kaiser, Lapin, O’Shea & H. Kaiser, 2020 – Dark-headed Sabah ground snake
- Stegonotus cucullatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Bird's Head Peninsula ground snake, slatey-grey snake
- Stegonotus derooijae Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017 – De Rooij's ground snake, Raja Ampat ground snake
- Stegonotus diehli Lindholm, 1905 – Diehl's little ground snake
- Stegonotus florensis (de Rooij, 1917) – Flores ground snake
- Stegonotus guentheri Boulenger, 1895 – D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago ground snake, Milne Bay ground snake
- Stegonotus heterurus Boulenger, 1893 – Bismarck ground snake
- Stegonotus iridis Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017 – Iridescent ground snake, Rainbow ground ₪snake
- Stegonotus keyensis (Doria, 1874) – Kei Islands ground snake
- Stegonotus lividus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – Semau Island ground snake
- Stegonotus melanolabiatus Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017 – Black-lipped ground snake
- Stegonotus modestus (Schlegel, 1837) – Moluccan ground snake, Maluku ground snake, northern frog-eating snake
- Stegonotus muelleri A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – Philippine ground snake
- Stegonotus nancuro H. Kaiser, C. Kaiser, Mecke & O’Shea, 2021 – Timor ground snake
- Stegonotus parvus (A.B. Meyer, 1874) – Biak Island ground snake, common ground snake
- Stegonotus poechi F. Werner, 1924 – Pöch's ground snake
- Stegonotus reticulatus Boulenger, 1895 – Reticulated ground snake
- Stegonotus sutteri Forcart, 1953 – Sumba ground snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Stegonotus.
Etymology edit
The specific name, aplini, is in honor of Australian herpetologist and mammalogist Kenneth Peter "Ken" Aplin.[3]
The specific name, derooijae, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Nelly de Rooij.[4]
The specific name, diehli, is in honor of German missionary Wilhelm Diehl (1874–1940), who collected herpetological specimens in New Guinea.[5]
The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.[5]
The specific name, muelleri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johannes Peter Müller.[6]
The specific name, poechi, is in honor of Austrian ethnologist & anthropologist Rudolf Pöch.[7]
The specific name, sutteri, is in honor of Swiss ornithologist Ernst Sutter.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b Genus Stegonotus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ O’Shea, Mark; Richards, Stephen J. (2021-02-04). "A striking new species of Papuan groundsnake (Stegonotus : Colubridae) from southern Papua New Guinea, with a dichotomous key to the genus in New Guinea". Zootaxa. 4926 (1): 26–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4926.1.2. hdl:2436/623920. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33756757. S2CID 232340028.
- ^ Species Stegonotus aplini at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Species Stegonotus derooijae at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Stegonotus diehli, p. 72; S. guentheri, p. 111).
- ^ Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A-H-A (1854), p. 683.
- ^ Species Stegonotus poechi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Species Stegonotus sutteri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading edit
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Stegonotus, pp. 364–365).
- Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A[-H-A] (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Première partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents non venimeux. [=General Herpetology or the Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 7. First Part. Containing the Natural History of the Nonvenomous Snakes]. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (Stegonotus, new genus, pp. 680–682; S. muelleri, new species, pp. 682–683). (in French).
- Ruane S, Richards SJ, McVay JD, Tjaturadi B, Krey K, Austin CC (2017). "Cryptic and non-cryptic diversity in New Guinea ground snakes of the genus Stegonotus Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854: a description of four new species (Squamata: Colubridae)". Journal of Natural History 30: 1-28.
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