Stegonotus iridis

Taxonavigation

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

Stegonotus iridis Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey, & Austin, 2017: 8.

Holotype: MZB Ophi.3306, adult ♂, collected by Stephen J. Richards, Burham Tjaturadi and Keliopas Krey in June 2005.

Type locality: Warinkabom, ca. 0.8369° S, 130.72° E, 50 m a.s.l., Batanta Island.

Paratype: MZB Ophi.3302, adult ♂, Waibya, ca. 0.9564° S, 130.78° E, 75 m a.s.l., Salawati Island, Raja Ampat Archipelago, West Papua Province, Indonesia.
Paratype: MZB Ophi.3303, adult ♀, Yakut Camp, ca. 0.8958° S, 130.64° E, 55 m a.s.l., Batanta Island, Raja Ampat Archipelago, West Papua Province, Indonesia.
Paratype: MZB Ophi.3305, adult ♂, Urbinasopen, ca. 0.3372°S, 131.26°E, 45 m a.s.l., Waigeo Island, Raja Ampat Archipelago, West Papua Province, Indonesia.
Paratype: MZB Ophi.3311, adult ♂, same data as MZB Ophi.3302.
Paratype: SAMA R70466, adult ♂, Waire Camp, ca. 0.8397° S, 130.53° E, 25 m a.s.l., Batanta Island, Raja Ampat Archipelago, West Papua Province, Indonesia.

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.

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.

English: Rainbow Groundsnake