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Stegonotus heterurus

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Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Stegonotus
Species: Stegonotus heterurus

Name

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Stegonotus heterurus Boulenger, 1893: 367. BHL

  • Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.14.91 (formerly BMNH 83.3.17.13), adult ♂, likely collected by naturalist Franz Hübner (1846–1877) for the “Museum Godeffroy”.
  • Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.14.95 (formerly BMNH 77.2.24.19), adult ♂, collected by Methodist missionary George Brown (1835–1917).
  • Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.15.10 (formerly BMNH 79.10.31.7), adult ♂, same collector as BMNH 1946.1.15.10.
  • Type locality: BMNH 1946.1.14.91 "New Britain", New Britain; BMNH 1946.1.14.95, 1946.1.15.1 “Duke of York Id.”, Duke of York Island, east of New Britain, without precise data.

References

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Primary references

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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume I. Containing the families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 448 pp. BHL Reference page

Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Bismarck Groundsnake