Stegonotus (snake)
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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 |
Stegonotus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.[1]
Species
The genus Stegonotus contains 23 species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Stegonotus admiraltiensis Ruane et al., 2017 – Admiralty Archipelago groundsnake
- Stegonotus aruensis (Doria, 1875) – Aru Islands groundsnake
- Stegonotus australis (Günther, 1872) – Australian groundsnake
- Stegonotus ayamaru (C.M. Kaiser, O'Shea & Kaiser, 2019) – Ayamaru groundsnake
- Stegonotus batjanensis (Günther, 1865) – Bacan Island groundsnake, Batjan frog-eating snake
- Stegonotus borneensis Inger, 1967 – Borneo groundsnake, Borneo frog-eating snake
- Stegonotus caligocephalus Kaiser, Lapin, O’Shea, & Kaiser, 2020 – dark-headed Sabah groundsnake
- Stegonotus cucullatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Bird's Head Peninsula groundsnake, slatey-grey snake
- Stegonotus derooijae Ruane et al., 2017 – De Rooij's groundsnake
- Stegonotus diehli Lindholm, 1905 – Diehl’s little ground snake
- Stegonotus florensis (de Rooij, 1917) – Flores ground snake
- Stegonotus guentheri Boulenger, 1895 – D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago groundsnake
- Stegonotus heterurus Boulenger, 1893 – Bismarck ground snake
- Stegonotus iridus Ruane et al., 2017 – iridescent groundsnake
- Stegonotus keyensis (Doria, 1874) – Kei Islands groundsnake
- Stegonotus lividus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Semau Island groundsnake
- Stegonotus melanolabiatus Ruane et al., 2017 – black-lipped groundsnake
- Stegonotus modestus (Schlegel, 1837) – Moluccan groundsnake, Maluku ground snake
- Stegonotus muelleri Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 – Philippine groundsnake, Müller’s ratsnake
- Stegonotus parvus (Meyer, 1874) – Biak Island groundsnake, common ground snake
- Stegonotus poechi Werner, 1924 – Pöch's groundsnake
- Stegonotus reticulatus Boulenger, 1895 – reticulate groundsnake
- 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
The specific name, derooijae, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Nelly de Rooij.[2]
The specific name, diehli, is in honor of German missionary Wilhelm Diehl (1874–1940), who collected herpetological specimens in New Guinea.[3]
The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.[3]
The specific name, muelleri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johannes Peter Müller.[4]
References
- ^ a b Genus Stegonotus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Stegonotus derooijae ". 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.
Further reading
- 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, Sara; Richards, Stephen J.; McVay, John D.; Tjaturadi, Burhan; Krey, Keliopas; Austin, Christopher J. (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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