Species Stegonotus parvus (Meyer, 1874)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lycodon parvus Meyer, A.B. 1874. Eine mitteilung von Hrn. Dr. Adolf Bernhard Meyer über die von ihm auf Neu-Guinea den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahr 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128-140 [1875 on title page] [137].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not found), Japen Is. (as Jobi), Irian Jaya, Indonesia; New Guinea.

 

Generic Combinations

• Stegonotus parvus (Meyer, 1874). —
  Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [214]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Main distribution in New Guinea. Australian population is on Murray Is., Torres Strait.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, nocturnal, oviparous, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

General carnivore.

 

General References

McDowell, S.B. 1972. The species of Stegonotus (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Papua New Guinea. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 47: 6-26 (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [43] (Slate-brown Snake)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)