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Stegonotus guentheri BOULENGER, 1895

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago groundsnake 
SynonymStegonotus guentheri BOULENGER 1895: 31
Stegonotus guentheri — O’SHEA 1996
Stegonotus guentheri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 686
Stegonotus guentheri — KAISER et al. 2018: 40 
DistributionPapua New Guinea (Fergusson, Googenough, Normanby, Trobriand Islands)

Type locality: Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea [ca. 9.54°S, 150.67°E].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.38 (formerly 95.4.26.48), an adult male. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1946.1.11.37 (formerly 95.4.26.48) and 1946.1.11.39 (formerly 95.4.26.49), an adult male and an adult female, respectively. All types were collected by Albert S. Meek (1871-1943) during September-December 1894. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (143 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentBehavior: nocturnal 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1895. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from Ferguson Island, D'Entrecasteaux group British New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 16: 28-32 - get paper here
  • Kaiser, Christine M.; Hinrich Kaiser & Mark O’Shea 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): 001–073 - get paper here
  • KAISER, CHRISTINE M.; MARK O’SHEA, HINRICH KAISER 2019. A new species of Indo-Papuan groundsnake, genus Stegonotus Duméril et al., 1854 (Serpentes, Colubridae), from the Bird’s Head Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia, with comments on differentiating morphological characters. Zootaxa 4590 (2): 201-230 - get paper here
  • McDowell, Samuel B. 1972. The species of Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Papua, New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen 47: 6-26 - get paper here
  • O’Shea,M. 1996. A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea. Independent Publishing, Port Moresby, xii + 239 pp. - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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