Stegonotus (snake)

Stegonotus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.^[1] Species of the genus Stegonotus are native to Australia, Indonesia, and New Guinea.

Stegonotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Stegonotus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854

Species

The genus Stegonotus contains 24 species which are recognized as being valid.^[1][2]

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

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]