Stegonotus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.[1] Species of the genus Stegonotus are native to Australia, Indonesia, and New Guinea.
Species
The genus Stegonotus contains 25 species which are recognized as being valid.[1][2]
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Stegonotus admiraltiensis Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin, 2017 – Admiralty Islands groundsnake
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Stegonotus aplini O'Shea & Richards, 2021 – Purari White groundsnake
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Stegonotus aruensis (Doria, 1875) – Aru Islands groundsnake
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Stegonotus australis (Günther, 1872) – Australian groundsnake
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Stegonotus ayamaru C. Kaiser, O'Shea & H. Kaiser, 2019 – Ayamaru groundsnake
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Stegonotus batjanensis (Günther, 1865) – North Moluccan groundsnake, Batjan frog-eating snake
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Stegonotus borneensis Inger, 1967 – Borneo groundsnake, Borneo frog-eating snake
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Stegonotus caligocephalus C. Kaiser, Lapin, O’Shea & H. Kaiser, 2020 – Dark-headed Sabah groundsnake
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Stegonotus cucullatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Bird's Head Peninsula groundsnake, slatey-grey snake
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Stegonotus derooijae Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017 – De Rooij's groundsnake, Raja Ampat groundsnake
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Stegonotus diehli Lindholm, 1905 – Diehl's little ground snake
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Stegonotus dorsalis F. Werner, 1924 – Monumbo groundsnake
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Stegonotus florensis (de Rooij, 1917) – Flores ground snake
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Stegonotus guentheri Boulenger, 1895 – D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago groundsnake, Milne Bay groundsnake
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Stegonotus heterurus Boulenger, 1893 – Bismarck ground snake
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Stegonotus iridis Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017 – Iridescent groundsnake, Rainbow groundsnake
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Stegonotus keyensis (Doria, 1874) – Kei Islands groundsnake
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Stegonotus lividus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – Semau Island groundsnake
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Stegonotus melanolabiatus Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017 – Black-lipped groundsnake
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Stegonotus modestus (Schlegel, 1837) – Central Moluccan groundsnake
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Stegonotus muelleri A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – Philippine groundsnake
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Stegonotus nancuro H. Kaiser, C. Kaiser, Mecke & O’Shea, 2021 – Timor groundsnake
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Stegonotus parvus (A.B. Meyer, 1874) – Yapen Island groundsnake, Yapen little groundsnake
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Stegonotus poechi F. Werner, 1924 – Pöch's groundsnake
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Stegonotus reticulatus Boulenger, 1895 – Reticulated groundsnake
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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 Peter "Ken" Aplin.[3]
The specific name, derooijae, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Nelly de Rooij.[4]
The specific name, diehli, is in honor of German missionary Wilhelm Diehl (1874–1940), who collected herpetological specimens in New Guinea.[5]
The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.[5]
The specific name, muelleri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johannes Peter Müller.[6]
The specific name, poechi, is in honor of Austrian ethnologist & anthropologist Rudolf Pöch.[7]
The specific name, sutteri, is in honor of Swiss ornithologist Ernst Sutter.[8]
References
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^ a b Genus Stegonotus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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^ 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. PMID 33756757. S2CID 232340028.
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^ Species Stegonotus aplini at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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^ Species Stegonotus derooijae at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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^ a b 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).
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^ Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A-H-A (1854), p. 683.
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^ Species Stegonotus poechi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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^ Species Stegonotus sutteri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
