Lielaphis melanolabiatus

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 melanolabiatus (Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin, 2017)

Holotype: AM R115343, adult ♂, collected by Stephen C. Donnellan and Kenneth P. Aplin between April and May 1984.
Type locality: Doido, 6.5500° S, 144.83° E, 1300 m a.s.l., Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea.
Paratypes: AM R122906, adult ♂, Waro, ca. 6.5333° S, 143.18° E, 550 m a.s.l., Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea; AM R115361, adult ♀, Noru, ca. 6.5833° S, 144.65° E, 1150 m a.s.l., Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea; AM R115320, unsexed adult, same data as AMS R115361.

Stegonotus melanolabiatus Ruane, Ricjards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin, 2017: 18 [original combination]
Lielaphis melanolabiatus — 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.