Stegonotus heterurus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Stegonotus
Species: Stegonotus heterurus
Name
[edit]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
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Stegonotus heterurus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 November 2020.
- Tallowin, O. & Allison, A. 2013. IUCN: Stegonotus heterurus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T196564A2460365. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196564A2460365.en