Lielaphis aplini

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 aplini (O’Shea, & Richards, 2021)

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”.
Paratypes (n=3): 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; 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; 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.

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.
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.