Stegonotus caligocephalus

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 caligocephalus

Name

Stegonotus ayamaru Kaiser, Lapin, J., O’Shea & Kaiser, 2020: 58.

• Holotype: FMNH 215054 (field tag RFI 49331), adult ♀, collected by American herpetologist Robert F. Inger (1920–2019), in February 1953.

• Type locality: near the Gunung Emas [Gunung Alab] Telekom tower, ca. 5.83° N, 116.34° E, ca. 1950 m a.s.l., Crocker Range National Park, Tambunan District, Sabah State, Malaysia.

Paratype: USNM 130244, adult ♀, “Bundu Tuhan, Mount Kina Balu, Ranau District, Sabah”, ca. 6.05° N, 116.53° E, 1370 m a.s.l., Malaysia, collected by American mammalogist David H. Johnson (1912–1996), on 1 August 1951.

References

Primary references

• Kaiser, C., Lapin, J., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2020. Carefully examining Bornean Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae): the montane groundsnake population in Sabah is a new and distinct species. Zootaxa 4894(1): 53–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.1.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Stegonotus caligocephalus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on December 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Dark-headed Sabah Groundsnake