Stegonotus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Stegonotus
Species (26): S. aplini – S. admiraltiensis – S. aruensis – S. australis – S. ayamaru – S. batjanensis – S. borneensis – S. caligocephalus – S. cucullatus – S. derooijae – S. diehli – S. dorsalis – S. florensis – S. guentheri – S. heterurus – S. iridis – S. keyensis – S. lividus – S. melanolabiatus – S. modestus – S. muelleri – S. nancuro – S. parvus – S. poechi – S. reticulatus – S. sutteri
Name

Stegonotus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 680. BHL

Type species: Stegonotus muelleri Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by monotypy.

Synonymy

Lielaphis Günther, 1863: 399. BHL
Type species: Coluber holochrous Günther, 1863, by original designation.
Zamenophis Günther, 1872: 21. BHL
Type species: Zamenophis australis Günther, 1872, by monotypy.
Pseudolycodon Peters, 1877: 534. BHL
Type species: Lycodon lividum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by monotypy.
Herbetophis Macleay, 1884. BHL
Type species: Herbertophis plumbeus Macleay, 1884, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xii + 781–1536 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Paywall Reference page.
Günther, A.C.L.G. 1863. Contribution to the herpetology of Ceram. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3(12): 58–60. BHL Reference page.
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.
Kaiser, C., Kaiser, H. & O’Shea, M. 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.4512.1.1Paywall 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.4615.2.10Paywall Reference page.
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.4894.1.2Paywall Reference page.
Kaiser, C., Kaiser, H., Mecke, S. & O’Shea, M. 2021. A new species of Stegonotus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the remnant coastal forests of southern Timor-Leste. Zootaxa 5027(4): 489–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5027.4.2 Paywall 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.
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 Paywall Reference page.
Ruane, S., Richards, S.J., McVay, J.D., Tjaturadi, B., Krey, K. & Austin, C.C. 2017. Cryptic and non-cryptic diversity in New Guinea ground snakes of the genus Stegonotus Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854: a description of four new species (Squamata: Colubridae). Journal of Natural History 52(13-16): 917–944. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1391959 Paywall 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 ebook Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Stegonotus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 November 2020.
Stegonotus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Stegonotus – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Vernacular names

Stegonotus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.[1]

Species

The genus Stegonotus contains 25 species which are recognized as being valid.[1][2]

Stegonotus admiraltiensis Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey, & Austin, 2017 – Admiralty Islands groundsnake
Stegonotus aplini O'Shea & Richards, 2021 - Purari White groundsnake
Stegonotus aruensis (Doria, 1875) – Aru Islands groundsnake
Stegonotus australis (Günther, 1872) – Australian groundsnake
Stegonotus ayamaru Kaiser, O'Shea & Kaiser, 2019 – Ayamaru groundsnake
Stegonotus batjanensis (Günther, 1865) – North Moluccan groundsnake, Batjan frog-eating snake
Stegonotus borneensis Inger, 1967 – Borneo groundsnake, Borneo frog-eating snake
Stegonotus caligocephalus Kaiser, Lapin, O’Shea, & Kaiser, 2020 – Dark-headed Sabah groundsnake
Stegonotus cucullatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) – Bird's Head Peninsula groundsnake, slatey-grey snake
Stegonotus derooijae Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey, & Austin 2017 – De Rooij's groundsnake, Raja Ampat groundsnake
Stegonotus diehli Lindholm, 1905 – Diehl’s little ground snake
Stegonotus dorsalis Werner, 1924 – Monumbo groundsnake
Stegonotus florensis (de Rooij, 1917) – Flores ground snake
Stegonotus guentheri Boulenger, 1895 – D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago groundsnake, Milne Bay groundsnake
Stegonotus heterurus Boulenger, 1893 – Bismarck ground snake
Stegonotus iridis Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey, & Austin 2017 – Iridescent groundsnake, Rainbow groundsnake
Stegonotus keyensis (Doria, 1874) – Kei Islands groundsnake
Stegonotus lividus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 – Semau Island groundsnake
Stegonotus melanolabiatus Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey, & Austin 2017 – Black-lipped groundsnake
Stegonotus modestus (Schlegel, 1837) – Central Moluccan groundsnake
Stegonotus muelleri Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 – Philippine groundsnake
Stegonotus nancuro Kaiser, Kaiser, Mecke, & O’Shea, 2021 – Timor groundsnake
Stegonotus parvus (Meyer, 1874) – Yapen Island groundsnake, Yapen little groundsnake
Stegonotus poechi Werner, 1924 – Pöch's groundsnake
Stegonotus reticulatus Boulenger, 1895 – Reticulated groundsnake
Stegonotus sutteri Forcart, 1953 – Sumba groundsnake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Stegonotus.
Etymology

The specific name, aplini, is in honor of Australian herpetologist and mammalogist Kenneth "Ken", Peter Aplin.

The specific name, derooijae, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Nelly de Rooij.[3]

The specific name, diehli, is in honor of German missionary Wilhelm Diehl (1874–1940), who collected herpetological specimens in New Guinea.[4]

The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.[4]

The specific name, muelleri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johannes Peter Müller.[5]

The specific name, poechi, is in honor of Austrian ethnologist & anthropologist Rudolf Pöch.

The specific name, sutteri, is in honor of Swiss ornithologist Ernst Sutter.
References

Genus Stegonotus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
O’Shea, Mark; Richards, Stephen J. (2021-02-04). "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. hdl:2436/623920. ISSN 1175-5334.
"Stegonotus derooijae ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Stegonotus diehli, p. 72; S. guentheri, p. 111).

Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A-H-A (1854), p. 683.

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Stegonotus, pp. 364–365).
Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A[-H-A] (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Première partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents non venimeux. [=General Herpetology or the Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 7. First Part. Containing the Natural History of the Nonvenomous Snakes]. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (Stegonotus, new genus, pp. 680–682; S. muelleri, new species, pp. 682–683). (in French).
Ruane, Sara; Richards, Stephen J.; McVay, John D.; Tjaturadi, Burhan; Krey, Keliopas; Austin, Christopher C. (2017). "Cryptic and non-cryptic diversity in New Guinea ground snakes of the genus Stegonotus Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854: a description of four new species (Squamata: Colubridae)". Journal of Natural History 30: 1-28.