Stegonotus aplini

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

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

Name

Stegonotus aplini O'Shea, & Richards, 2021: 28.

• Holotype: SAMA R71442, adult ♂, collected by Ken Aplin on 22 July 2016.

• Type locality: ca. 12 km NW of Orloli, 7.3126° S, 145.1378° E, ca. 20 m a.s.l., Purari River basin, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.

• Paratype: PNGNM R25322, adult ♂, ca. 6 km N of Orloli, 7.3510°S, 145.1900°E, ca. 30 m a.s.l., Purari River basin, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, collected by Ken Aplin on 11 February 2016.
• Paratype: SAMA R71443, adult ♂, ca. 1.6 km NW Muro Mission, 7.7890° S, 145.2660° E ca. 5 m a.s.l., Purari River basin, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea collected by Steve Richards & E. Nagombi on 12 July 2016.
• Paratype: AM R.13302, adult ♂, Adebe River, Kereru Range, 7.0280° S, 145.4226° E elev. unknown, Purari River basin, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea collected by J. Peter de Verteuil in 1947.

References

Primary references

• O’Shea, M. & Richards, S.J. 2021. A striking new species of Papuan groundsnake (Stegonotus: Colubridae) from southern Papua New Guinea, with a dichotomous key to the genus in New Guinea. Zootaxa 4926(1): 26–42. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.1.2 Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Purari Groundsnake