Stegonotus guentheri

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 guentheri Boulenger, 1895: 31. BHL

Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.11.37 (formerly BMNH 95.4.26.47), adult ♂, collected by English naturalist Albert Stewart Meek (1871–1943), between September and December 1894.
Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.11.38 (formerly BMNH 95.4.26.48), adult ♀, same collector data as BMNH 1946.1.11.37.
Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.11.39 (formerly BMNH 95.4.26.49), adult ♀, same collector data as BMNH 1946.1.11.37.

Type locality: "Fergusson Island, D’Entrecasteaux Group, British New Guinea", Fergusson Island, ca. 9.54° S, 150.67° E, d'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Boulenger, G.A., 1895. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from Fergusson Island, D'Entrecasteaux group, British New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Sixth Series) 16(91): 28–32. DOI: 10.1080/00222939508680222 . BHL 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.
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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Stegonotus guentheri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 November 2020.
Tallowin, O., O'Shea, M. & Parker, F. 2017. IUCN: Stegonotus guentheri (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T42492489A42492494. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42492489A42492494.en

English: Milne Bay Groundsnake