Stegonotus australis

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 australis (Günther, 1872): 21. BHL

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.93 (formerly BMNH 68.6.16.3), adult ♂, "Mr Higgins", possibly Edmund Thomas Higgins (ca. 1816–1891), a London based natural history and geological specimen dealer who purchased the London Natural History Agency from entomologist and natural history dealer Samuel Stevens (1817–1899). Both men sold specimens to the BMNH.

Type locality: “Cape York" Queensland, Australia (without precise locality).

Lycodon darnleyensis Macleay, W.J., 1877: 33. BHL
- Holotype: AM R31894, adult ♀, "Islands of Torres Straits and Hall Sound, New Guinea" (=Darnley or Erub Island) ca. 9.5870° S, 143.7710° E, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, collected by William John Macleay (1820–1891), between 31 July to 12 August 1875.
Herbertophis plumbeus Macleay, W.J., 1884: 432. BHL
- Holotype: AM R31895, adult ♂, "Ripple Creek, Herbert River" Ripple Creek Plantation along the Herbert River, near Ingham, ca. 18.58° S, 146.21° E, Queensland, Australia, collected by plantation overseer Archibald Boyd (1846–1926), between 31 July to 12 August 1875.

Günther, A.C.L.G. 1872. Seventh account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4th Series) 9(49): 13–37. BHL Reference page.

Bleeker P., 1857. Berigt omtrent eenige Reptilien van Sumatra, Borneo, Batjan en Boero. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië. (Série 3) 13(3): 470–475. 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.
Kaiser, C., O’Shea, M. & Kaiser, H. 2019. Corrigenda and Addenda to the Article “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)” by Kaiser et al. (2018). Zootaxa 4615(2): 392–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.10 Reference page.
Macleay, W.J. 1877. The ophidians of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2(1): 33–41. BHL Reference page.
Macleay, W.J. 1884. Notes on some reptiles from the Herbert River, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8(4): 432–436. BHL Reference page.

English: Slatey-grey Snake