Stegonotus reticulatus BOULENGER, 1895

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Reticulate groundsnake
Synonym	Stegonotus reticulatus BOULENGER 1895: 31 Stegonotus reticulatus — KAISER et al. 2018: 43
Distribution	Papua New Guinea (southern slopes of the mountainous spine of the country) Type locality: “Fergusson Island, D’Entrecasteaux Group, British New Guinea” [Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea; ca. 9.54°S, 150.67°E].
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.88 (formerly 95.4.26.51), adult male, designated by Wells & Wellington (1985). A subsequent designation of BMNH 1946.1.14.87 (formerly 95.4.26.50), an adult female, as lectotype by Kaiser et al. (2018) is invalid due to the priority of the earlier lectotype designation.
Diagnosis	Kaiser et al. 2018 “expect members of this species to generally possess values of D = 17-17-15, SLE = 4+5, SL = 8, IL = 9, and ILG = 5, with relatively high ventral and subcaudal scale counts (V > 200, SC > 90). However, we caution our readers that values outside of these parameters may, but probably rarely, occur in conspecifics. The male value of SCR = 0.30 in the holotype is relatively high for the genus.” Comparison: For a comprehensive comparison of species, especially to the new species Stegonotus ayamaru, see that entry and Kaiser et al. 2019.
Comment	Synonymy: Listed as a synonym of S. cucullatus by Wallach et al. 2014, but Kaiser et al. 2018 removed Lycodon reticulatus from the synonymy of S. cucullatus.
Etymology	Named after the Latin reticulatus, meaning “made like a net”. In reference to the net-like dorsal pattern.
References	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
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