Lielaphis admiraltiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Lielaphis admiraltiensis (Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin, 2017)

Holotype: LSUMZ 93598, adult ♂, collected by Christopher C. Austin between 29 August and 3 September 2001.
Type locality: Penchal village, 2.3283° S, 147.77° E, 58 m a.s.l., Rambutyo Island, Admiralty Archipelago, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.
Paratypes: LSUMZ 93597, unsexed adult, Peyon village, 2.0327°S, 147.43°E, 10 m a.s.l., Los Negros Island, Admiralty Archipelago, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea; LSUMZ 93599, unsexed adult, NW of Peyon village, 2.3405° S, 147.79° E 100 m a.s.l., Rambutyo Island, Admiralty Archipelago, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea; LSUMZ 93600, unsexed adult, same data as LSUMZ 93599.

Stegonotus admiraltiensis Ruane, Ricjards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin, 2017: 21 [original combination]
Lielaphis admiraltiensis — Bernstein et al., 2026: 13 [subsequent combination]

Ruane, S., Richards, S.J., McVay, J.D., Tjaturadi, B., Krey, K. & Austin, C.C. 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 52(13-16): 917–944. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1391959 Reference page.
Bernstein, J.M., Austin, C.C., Soto-Centeno, J.A., Huang, T.-Q., Roberts, J.R., McGuire, J.A., Iskandar, D.T., Iova, B., Frederick, J.H., Sanguila, M.B., Weinell, J.L., Brown, R.M. & Ruane, S. 2026. Diversification and Colonisation in the Indo-Australian Archipelago: Genomic Insights From Colubrid Snakes. Journal of Biogeography 53(4): e70202. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.70202 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.
Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page.