Stegonotus heterurus

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 heterurus Boulenger, 1893: 367. BHL

Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.14.91 (formerly BMNH 83.3.17.13), adult ♂, likely collected by naturalist Franz Hübner (1846–1877) for the “Museum Godeffroy”.
Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.14.95 (formerly BMNH 77.2.24.19), adult ♂, collected by Methodist missionary George Brown (1835–1917).
Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.15.10 (formerly BMNH 79.10.31.7), adult ♂, same collector as BMNH 1946.1.15.10.

Type locality: BMNH 1946.1.14.91 "New Britain", New Britain; BMNH 1946.1.14.95, 1946.1.15.1 “Duke of York Id.”, Duke of York Island, east of New Britain, without precise data.

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McDowell, S.B. 1972. The species of Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Papua New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen 47(2): 6–26. (PDF) Reference page.
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Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Stegonotus heterurus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 November 2020.
Tallowin, O. & Allison, A. 2013. IUCN: Stegonotus heterurus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T196564A2460365. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196564A2460365.en

English: Bismarck Groundsnake