| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Diehl’s little ground snake |
| Synonym | Stegonotus diehli LINDHOLM 1905
Stegonotus dorsalis WERNER 1924: 32
Stegonotus diehli — O’SHEA 1996
Stegonotus adelynhoserae HOSER 2012
Stegonotus diehli — WALLACH et al. 2014: 685
Stegonotus diehli — KAISER et al. 2018: 45
Stegonotus dorsalis — KAISER et al. 2018: 48 (status unclear)
Stegonotus dorsalis — BOUNDY et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Madang Province)
Type locality: Bogadjim, Madang Province [= Bogadjim, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, ca. 5.45°S, 145.75°E]
dorsalis: from Monumbo
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MWNH 1244 (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Holotype: NMW 14861, an adult male, from near Bogia, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea fide Kaiser et al. 2018. Collected by Rudolf Pöch between 28 July and 25 November 1904 [dorsalis] |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (179 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Known from only a single specimen.
Synonymy: Stegonotus dorsalis is listed as synonym of S. diehli by Wallach et al. 2014. Kaiser et al. 2018 resurrected Stegonotus dorsalis as valid species. However, given that it is only known from a single specimen of uncertain origin, we leave it in the synonymy of S. diehli for the time being. |
| Etymology | Named in honor of the German protestant missionary Wilhelm Diehl (1874-1940), who sent the specimens from New Guinea to Wiesbaden. |
| References |
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- 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
- Kaiser, H.; Crother, B.I.; Kelly, C.M.R.; Luiselli, L.; O’Shea, M.; Ota, H.; Passos, P.; Schleip, W.D. & Wüster, W. 2013. Best Practices: In the 21st Century, Taxonomic Decisions in Herpetology are Acceptable Only When Supported by a Body of Evidence and Published via Peer-Review. Herpetological Review 44 (1): 8-23
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