Lielaphis cucullatus

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 cucullatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Holotype: MNHN 3412, adult ♂, collected by Prosper Garnot and René-Primevère Lesson, aboard the La Coquille, between 26 July and 9 August 1824.
Type locality: “Hâvre Dorey, à la Nouvelle Guinée” (=Doré Bay), West Papua Province, Indonesia.

Lycodon cucullatum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 376 [original combination]
Lielaphis cucullatus — Huang et al., 2026: 306 [subsequent combination]

Lycodon magnus Meyer, 1874: 136
- Holotype: MTKD 573, adult ♂, collected by Adolf Bernard Meyer between 25 March and 5 April 1873. [destroyed during WWII in Allied Bombing of Dresden, 13–14 February 1945]
- Type locality: “Neu-Guinea, Mysore”.

Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xii + 781–1536 pp. BHL Reference page.
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Huang, T.-Q., Austin, C.C., Bernstein, J.M., Iova, B., Roberts, J.R., Frederick, J.H. & Ruane, S. 2026. A new species of Papuan groundsnake (Squamata: Colubridae: Lielaphis) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 5866(2): 305–319. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5866.2.6 Reference page.

McDowell, S.B. 1972. The species of Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Papua New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen 47(2): 6–26. (PDF) 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). 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.
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.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Stegonotus cucullatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 November 2020.
Tallowin, O., O'Shea, M., Parker, F., Hoskin, C. & Vanderduys, E. 2018. IUCN: Lielaphis cucullatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42492463A42492472. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42492463A42492472.en