Stegonotus guentheri, also known commonly as the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago ground snake and the Milne Bay ground snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.[2] The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Stegonotus |
| Species: | S. guentheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Stegonotus guentheri Boulenger, 1895
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Etymology edit
The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-British herpetologist Albert Günther.[3]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of S. guentheri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft).[1]
Description edit
S. guentheri is brown dorsally, and yellowish white ventrally. The dorsal scales are arranged in 15 rows throughout the length of the body.[4]
Behavior edit
S. guentheri is terrestrial[1] and nocturnal.[2]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Tallowin, O.; O'Shea, M.; Parker, F. (2017). "Stegonotus guentheri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T42492489A42492494. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42492489A42492494.en. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Stegonotus guentheri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ 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 guentheri, p. 111).
- ^ McDowell (1972).
Further reading edit
- Boulenger GA (1895). "On a Collection of Reptiles and Batrachians from Ferguson Island, D'Entrecasteaux Group, British New Guinea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 16: 28–32. (Stegonotus guentheri, new species, p. 31).
- Kaiser CM, Kaiser H, O'Shea M (2018). "The taxonomic history of Indo-Papuan groundsnakes, 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. (Stegonotus guentheri, p. 40).
- McDowell SB (1972). "The species of Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Papua New Guinea". Zoologische Mededelingen 47 (2): 6–26. (Stegonotus guentheri, pp. 23–24).
- O'Shea M (1996). A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea: The First Comprehensive Guide to the Snake Fauna of Papua New Guinea. (with a section on snakebite and its treatment in Papua New Guinea by Prof. David A. Warrell and Dr. David G. Lalloo). Port Moresby: Independent Publishing. xii + 239 pp. ISBN 978-9980916969.
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