Stegonotus guentheri

Stegonotus guentheri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Stegonotus
Species:	S. guentheri
Binomial name
Stegonotus guentheri Boulenger, 1895

Stegonotus guentheri, also known commonly as the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago ground snake and the Milne Bay ground snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. ^[2] The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-British herpetologist Albert Günther. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. guentheri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft). ^[1]

Description

S. guentheri is brown dorsally, and yellowish white ventrally. The dorsal scales are arranged in 15 rows throughout the length of the body. ^[4]

Behavior

S. guentheri is terrestrial ^[1] and nocturnal. ^[2]

Reproduction

S. guentheri is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Tallowin, O.; O'Shea, M.; Parker, F. (2017). "Stegonotus guentheri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T42492489A42492494. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T42492489A42492494.en . Retrieved 11 July 2023.
2. "Stegonotus guentheri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
3. 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 guentheri, p. 111).
4. McDowell (1972).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1895). "On a Collection of Reptiles and Batrachians from Ferguson Island, D'Entrecasteaux Group, British New Guinea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series16: 28–32. (Stegonotus guentheri, new species, p. 31).
• Kaiser CM, Kaiser H, O'Shea M (2018). "The taxonomic history of Indo-Papuan groundsnakes, Stegonotus Duméril et al., 1854 (Colubridae), with some taxonomic revisions and the designation of a neotype for S. parvus (Meyer, 1874)". Zootaxa4512 (1): 1–73. (Stegonotus guentheri, p. 40).
• McDowell SB (1972). "The species of Stegonotus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Papua New Guinea". Zoologische Mededelingen47 (2): 6–26. (Stegonotus guentheri, pp. 23–24).
• O'Shea M (1996). A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea: The First Comprehensive Guide to the Snake Fauna of Papua New Guinea. (with a section on snakebite and its treatment in Papua New Guinea by Prof. David A. Warrell and Dr. David G. Lalloo). Port Moresby: Independent Publishing. xii + 239 pp. ISBN   978-9980916969.