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<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFE2FFD3FF75FAD00D89FB4C" authority="Boulenger, 1893: 367" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityPageNumber="367" authorityYear="1893" box="[151,667,1175,1202]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heterurus">
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE2FFD3FF75FAD00E8AFB4F" bold="true" box="[151,408,1175,1201]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Stegonotus heterurus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFE2FFD3FE7DFADF0D7AFB4C" author="Boulenger, G. A." box="[415,616,1176,1202]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" refId="ref42396" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1893) Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Folume I. Containing the families Typhlopidae, Glauconiidae, Boidae, Ilysiidae, Uropeltidae, Xenopeltidae, and Colubridae Aglyphae, part. Taylor & Francis, London, United Kingdom, 448 pp." type="book" year="1893">Boulenger, 1893</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE2FFD3FF75FA9C0E7CFB0A" bold="true" box="[151,366,1243,1268]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Taxonomic status.</emphasis>
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Valid.
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE2FFD3FF25FABA0E5BFAE8" bold="true" box="[199,329,1277,1302]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Synonyms.</emphasis>
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None.
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE2FFD3FF25FB590E6EFAC9" bold="true" box="[199,380,1310,1335]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Original name.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE2FFD3FE66FB580D63FAC9" box="[388,625,1310,1335]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Stegonotus heterurus</emphasis>
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. George Albert Boulenger (
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) was a highly prolific Belgian-British naturalist associated for most of his professional life with the British Museum of Natural History. The species name
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE2FFD3FDB3FB260DAEFA84" box="[593,700,1377,1402]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">heterurus</emphasis>
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is a word of Greek origin, combining “heteros” [different] and “oura” [tail] in reference to the fact that the subcaudal scales in this species are not paired, the character state in all species of
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<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFE2FFD3FEF7FBE30E9DFA45" authorityName=", McDowell" authorityYear="1972" box="[277,399,1444,1467]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE2FFD3FEF7FBE30E9DFA45" box="[277,399,1444,1467]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Stegonotus</emphasis>
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known at the time of Boulenger’s description. The species description was presented in English. The image of Boulenger (
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; reproduced under license no. 5449 from the National Portrait Gallery, London,
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<collectingCountry id="38B04FAFFFE2FFD3FF1EFBA10EA9FA01" box="[252,443,1510,1535]" name="United Kingdom" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">United Kingdom</collectingCountry>
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) was taken in 1917 by the British portrait photographer Walter Stoneman (
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).
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.
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<specimenCode id="1001A744FFE2FFD3FEA1F84F0EE0F9DE" box="[323,498,1543,1568]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">BMNH 1946.1</specimenCode>
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.14.91 (formerly
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<collectionCode id="26B697FAFFE2FFD3FD56F84F0C1AF9E1" box="[692,776,1544,1567]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">BMNH</collectionCode>
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83.3.17.13), 1946.1.14.95 (formerly
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77.2.24.19), and 1946.1.15.10 (formerly
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79.10.31.7), adult males (
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)
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.
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE2FFD3FF25F80D0E6AF99D" bold="true" box="[199,376,1610,1635]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Type localities.</emphasis>
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The localities provided by
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and in the specimen register at the BMNH for the
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<typeStatus id="9F1CB19DFFE2FFD3FF75F82B0FD5F97A" box="[151,199,1644,1668]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">type</typeStatus>
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series of
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE2FFD3FEDBF82B0ED0F97A" box="[313,450,1643,1668]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">S. heterurus</emphasis>
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are, unfortunately, rather vague. Two specimens (BMNH 1946.1.14.95, 1946.1.15.10) are from “Duke of York Id.” [Duke of York Island,
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<collectingRegion id="8263C1DDFFE2FFD3FD1FF8C90B25F958" box="[765,1079,1677,1702]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="East New Britain" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">East New Britain Province</collectingRegion>
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,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="38B04FAFFFE2FFD3FBA4F8C90A39F958" box="[1094,1323,1677,1702]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
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], whereas BMNH 1946.1.14.91 is from ”
|
||
<collectingRegion id="8263C1DDFFE2FFD3FE0FF8E80D69F939" box="[493,635,1710,1735]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="West New Britain" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">New Britain</collectingRegion>
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” [the largest island in the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="38B04FAFFFE2FFD3FC42F8E90BB2F939" box="[928,1184,1710,1735]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Bismarck Archipelago</collectingCountry>
|
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, comprising
|
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<collectingRegion id="8263C1DDFFE2FFD3FAD2F8E80E42F916" country="Papua New Guinea" name="East New Britain" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">East New Britain Province</collectingRegion>
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||
and
|
||
<collectingRegion id="8263C1DDFFE2FFD3FE64F8970DAFF916" box="[390,701,1743,1768]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="West New Britain" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">West New Britain Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="38B04FAFFFE2FFD3FD25F8970CB4F916" box="[711,934,1743,1768]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
]. Of these, Duke of York is the largest island of the Duke of York Islands, a group of relatively small islands (total land area
|
||
<quantity id="875FA2DAFFE2FFD3FBE5F8B30B5FF8F3" box="[1031,1101,1780,1805]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.8" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" unit="km" value="58.0">58 km</quantity>
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<superScript id="B7D2A277FFE2FFD3FBAFF8B70B47F900" attach="left" box="[1101,1109,1776,1790]" fontSize="6" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">2</superScript>
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), with maximum dimensions of
|
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<quantity id="875FA2DAFFE2FFD3FF54F9510FECF8D0" box="[182,254,1813,1838]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" unit="km" value="10.0">10 km</quantity>
|
||
in a north–south direction and
|
||
<quantity id="875FA2DAFFE2FFD3FDBDF9510D8BF8D0" box="[607,665,1813,1838]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" unit="km" value="9.0">9 km</quantity>
|
||
in an east–west direction, and with a maximum elevation of ca.
|
||
<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE2FFD3FA91F9510FA6F8AF" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" type="generic">
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<quantity id="875FA2DAFFE2FFD3FA91F9510FA2F8AF" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" unit="m" value="110.0">110 m</quantity>
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.
|
||
</specimenCount>
|
||
In contrast,
|
||
<collectingRegion id="8263C1DDFFE2FFD3FEAAF97D0EC7F8AC" box="[328,469,1849,1874]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="West New Britain" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">New Britain</collectingRegion>
|
||
is a large (
|
||
<quantity id="875FA2DAFFE2FFD3FDB9F97E0DC5F8AC" box="[603,727,1849,1874]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.652" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" unit="km" value="36.52">36,520 km</quantity>
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||
<superScript id="B7D2A277FFE2FFD3FD35F9720DCDF8BD" attach="left" box="[727,735,1845,1859]" fontSize="6" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">2</superScript>
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||
) and topographically and ecologically diverse island (with a mountainous topography, especially in the eastern part of the island, featuring a highest elevation of nearly
|
||
<quantity id="875FA2DAFFE2FFD3FA86F91D0FA2F86A" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" unit="m" value="2500.0">2500 m</quantity>
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||
), and can hardly be considered a “locality” in the strict sense.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="14D85FB7FFE1FFD0FF75F9340CC7F811" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2607621/files/figure.png" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" startId="38.[151,250,1907,1929]" targetBox="[161,1435,193,1892]" targetPageId="38">
|
||
<paragraph id="40180F3FFFE1FFD0FF75F9340CC7F811" blockId="38.[151,1436,1907,2031]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE1FFD0FF75F9340E36F876" bold="true" box="[151,292,1907,1929]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">FIGURE 22.</emphasis>
|
||
Type specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFE1FFD0FDE3F9330C84F877" authority="Boulenger, 1893" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1893" box="[513,918,1907,1929]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heterurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE1FFD0FDE3F9330DC9F877" box="[513,731,1907,1929]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Stegonotus heterurus</emphasis>
|
||
Boulenger, 1893
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Photos include views of the entire body of the lectotype BMNH 1946.1.14.95, an adult male (TTL = 482 mm) in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral views, and of the specimen’s head in (C) dorsal, (D) right lateral, and (E) ventral views. The heads of the paralectotypes BMNH 1946.1.14.91 and 1946.1.15.10 are shown in dorsal (F,I), right lateral (G,J), and ventral (H,K) views, respectively.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="40180F3FFFE0FFD1FF25FED00D39FE2E" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,1966]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FF25FED00E55FF4E" bold="true" box="[199,327,151,176]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Collection.</emphasis>
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||
<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFE0FFD1FEAFFED00D01FF4E" author="Boulenger, G. A." box="[333,531,151,176]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" refId="ref42396" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1893) Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Folume I. Containing the families Typhlopidae, Glauconiidae, Boidae, Ilysiidae, Uropeltidae, Xenopeltidae, and Colubridae Aglyphae, part. Taylor & Francis, London, United Kingdom, 448 pp." type="book" year="1893">Boulenger (1893)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
listed the Duke of York
|
||
<typeStatus id="9F1CB19DFFE0FFD1FCC1FEDF0C97FF4E" box="[803,901,152,176]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
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||
(BMNH 1946.1.14.95, 1946.1.15.10) as having been collected by “Rev. G. Brown,” who can be identified as the Methodist missionary George Brown (
|
||
<date id="341929FFFFE0FFD1FAF7FEFB0A8AFF2B" box="[1301,1432,188,213]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1835" valueMax="1917">1835–1917</date>
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||
;
|
||
<figureCitation id="D89C13BAFFE0FFD1FF75FE980FEEFF06" box="[151,252,223,248]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="32.[151,250,1497,1519]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1473]" captionTargetId="figure@32.[151,1436,193,1473]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURE 17. Selected 19 th and 20 th Century authors and collectors of Stegonotus species. (A) Giacomo Doria (1840–1913), author of the species names aruensis and keyensis. (B) Odoardo Beccari (1843–1920), collector of the Stegonotus aruensis and S. keyensis type specimens. (C) William Macleay (1820–1891), author of the genus name Herbertophis and the species names darnleyensis and plumbeus. (D) John Archibald Boyd (1846–1926), collector of the Herbertophis plumbeus holotype. (E) George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937), author of the species names guentheri, heterurus, and reticulatus. Image licensed for use, © National Portrait Galley, London, United Kingdom. (F) The Reverend George Brown (1835–1917), collector of the Stegonotus heterurus syntypes from Duke of York Island. (G) Albert Stewart Meek (1871–1943), collector of the Stegonotus guentheri and S. reticulatus syntypes. (H) Wilhelm Adolfovich Lindholm (1874–1935), author of the species name diehli. (I) Nelly de Rooij (1883–1964), author of the species name florensis. (J) Franz Werner (1867–1939), author of the species names dorsalis and poechi. (K) Rudolf Pöch (1870–1921), collector of the Stegonotus dorsalis and S. poechi holotypes, and in whose honor the latter was named. (L) Lothar Forcart (1902–1990), author of the species name sutteri." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2607609/files/figure.png" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Fig. 17F</figureCitation>
|
||
), a close friend of the novelist Robert Louis Stevenson of
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FC49FEA60B4FFF06" box="[939,1117,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Treasure Island</emphasis>
|
||
fame (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFE0FFD1FB52FEA70A83FF06" author="Anonymous" box="[1200,1425,223,248]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="1835 - 1917" refId="ref41829" refString="Anonymous (2018 b) The papers of Reverence George Brown (1835 - 1917), Methodist Missionary, from the State Library of New South Wales. In: Anonymous (Ed.) Pacific Island Culture and Society. Adam Matthew Publications, Pelham, United Kingdom. Available from: http: // www. ampltd. co. uk / digital _ guides / pacific _ island _ culture / Publishers-Note. aspx (accessed 8 March 2018)" type="book chapter" year="2018">Anonymous 2018b</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). After an extended stint in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="38B04FAFFFE0FFD1FE2BFF430D0AFEE2" box="[457,536,260,284]" name="Samoa" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Samoa</collectingCountry>
|
||
, Brown spent a little over five years (
|
||
<date id="341929FFFFE0FFD1FC31FF430B2AFEE3" box="[979,1080,260,285]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1875" valueMax="1881">1875–81</date>
|
||
) in the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="38B04FAFFFE0FFD1FB77FF430A8AFEE3" box="[1173,1432,260,285]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Bismarck Archipelago</collectingCountry>
|
||
, arriving on Duke of York on
|
||
<date id="341929FFFFE0FFD1FE3DFF600D81FEBE" box="[479,659,295,320]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1875-08-15">15 August 1875</date>
|
||
at Port Hunter on the northern tip of the island (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFE0FFD1FB56FF6F0A83FEBE" author="Anonymous" box="[1204,1425,295,320]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="1835 - 1917" refId="ref41829" refString="Anonymous (2018 b) The papers of Reverence George Brown (1835 - 1917), Methodist Missionary, from the State Library of New South Wales. In: Anonymous (Ed.) Pacific Island Culture and Society. Adam Matthew Publications, Pelham, United Kingdom. Available from: http: // www. ampltd. co. uk / digital _ guides / pacific _ island _ culture / Publishers-Note. aspx (accessed 8 March 2018)" type="book chapter" year="2018">Anonymous 2018b</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Port Hunter provided the base of operations for expanding the territory of the mission to
|
||
<collectingRegion id="8263C1DDFFE0FFD1FB7CFF0A0A3EFE9B" box="[1182,1324,332,357]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="New Ireland" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">New Ireland</collectingRegion>
|
||
and
|
||
<collectingRegion id="8263C1DDFFE0FFD1FA85FF0A0FFAFE76" country="Papua New Guinea" name="West New Britain" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">New Britain</collectingRegion>
|
||
. The specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFE0FFD1FE27FF370D5CFE76" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1893" box="[453,590,367,392]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heterurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FE27FF370D5CFE76" box="[453,590,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">S. heterurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
must have been collected during this 5-year period, but we have not been able to pinpoint a specific locality or date. The photograph of Brown (
|
||
<figureCitation id="D89C13BAFFE0FFD1FC53FFD30B06FE52" box="[945,1044,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="32.[151,250,1497,1519]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1473]" captionTargetId="figure@32.[151,1436,193,1473]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURE 17. Selected 19 th and 20 th Century authors and collectors of Stegonotus species. (A) Giacomo Doria (1840–1913), author of the species names aruensis and keyensis. (B) Odoardo Beccari (1843–1920), collector of the Stegonotus aruensis and S. keyensis type specimens. (C) William Macleay (1820–1891), author of the genus name Herbertophis and the species names darnleyensis and plumbeus. (D) John Archibald Boyd (1846–1926), collector of the Herbertophis plumbeus holotype. (E) George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937), author of the species names guentheri, heterurus, and reticulatus. Image licensed for use, © National Portrait Galley, London, United Kingdom. (F) The Reverend George Brown (1835–1917), collector of the Stegonotus heterurus syntypes from Duke of York Island. (G) Albert Stewart Meek (1871–1943), collector of the Stegonotus guentheri and S. reticulatus syntypes. (H) Wilhelm Adolfovich Lindholm (1874–1935), author of the species name diehli. (I) Nelly de Rooij (1883–1964), author of the species name florensis. (J) Franz Werner (1867–1939), author of the species names dorsalis and poechi. (K) Rudolf Pöch (1870–1921), collector of the Stegonotus dorsalis and S. poechi holotypes, and in whose honor the latter was named. (L) Lothar Forcart (1902–1990), author of the species name sutteri." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2607609/files/figure.png" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Fig. 17F</figureCitation>
|
||
; public domain) is the frontispiece of his autobiography (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFE0FFD1FE6FFFFF0D0CFE2E" author="Brown, G." box="[397,542,440,464]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" refId="ref42511" refString="Brown, G. (1908) George Brown, D. D. Pioneer-Missionary and Explorer. An Autobiography. Hodder & Stoughton, London, United Kingdom." type="book" year="1908">Brown 1908</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="40180F3FFFE0FFD1FF25FF9B0BD5FD33" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,1966]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
The third
|
||
<typeStatus id="9F1CB19DFFE0FFD1FEDAFF9A0E9DFE0B" box="[312,399,477,501]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
|
||
(BMNH 1946.1.14.91) was listed as having been received from the “Museum Godeffroy,” the collection of the Huguenot trader Johann Cesar VI Godeffroy (
|
||
<date id="341929FFFFE0FFD1FC5DFFB80B52FDE6" box="[959,1088,511,536]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1813" valueMax="1885">1813–1885</date>
|
||
) in
|
||
<collectingRegion id="8263C1DDFFE0FFD1FB9AFFB80BF6FDE6" box="[1144,1252,511,536]" country="Germany" name="Hamburg" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Hamburg</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="38B04FAFFFE0FFD1FB14FC470A72FDE6" box="[1270,1376,512,536]" name="Germany" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Germany</collectingCountry>
|
||
. The collection was established in 1861, and for the next two decades a variety of collectors were employed to expand its holdings. Only one of the known collectors, Franz Hübner (
|
||
<date id="341929FFFFE0FFD1FCACFC000CC2FD9E" box="[846,976,583,608]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1846" valueMax="1877">1846–1877</date>
|
||
), is listed as having specifically collected on New Britain (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFE0FFD1FEB6FC2B0EEDFD7A" author="Evenhuis, N. L." box="[340,511,620,645]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="17 - 28" refId="ref43361" refString="Evenhuis, N. L. (2007) The Godeffroy Museum Catalogs in relation to Fiji terrestrial arthropods. Part I: Introduction and review of Myriapoda, Diptera, Odonata, and smaller hexapod orders. In: Evenhuis, N. L. & Bickel, D. J. (Eds.), Fiji Arthropods. FII. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, Hawaii, pp. 17 - 28." type="book chapter" year="2007">Evenhuis 2007</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) during the years
|
||
<date id="341929FFFFE0FFD1FD29FC2B0C5BFD7B" box="[715,841,620,645]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1875" valueMax="1877">1875–1877</date>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFE0FFD1FCBAFC2B0CEEFD7B" author="Weidner, H." box="[856,1020,620,645]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="5 - 387" refId="ref47533" refString="Weidner, H. (1967) Geschichte der Entomologie in Hamburg. Abhandlungen und Ferhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Fereins zu Hamburg, Neue Folge, 9 (Supplement), 5 - 387." type="journal article" year="1967">Weidner 1967</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). During the museum’s operation, its curator Johann Schmeltz (
|
||
<date id="341929FFFFE0FFD1FE24FCD70D55FD56" box="[454,583,656,680]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1839" valueMax="1909">1839–1909</date>
|
||
) compiled a series of sales catalogs, and it is likely that the specimen appeared in one of these catalogs and was purchased by the British Museum of Natural History.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="08BD5CB4FFE0FFD1FF25FC900E4AFA00" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="key">
|
||
<paragraph id="40180F3FFFE0FFD1FF25FC900D6CFC03" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,1966]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FF25FC900DA5FD0E" bold="true" box="[199,695,727,752]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
Key characteristics of the
|
||
<materialsCitation id="F0CF0562FFE0FFD1FE1EFC900DA5FD0E" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2028140054" box="[508,695,727,752]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
|
||
<typeStatus id="9F1CB19DFFE0FFD1FE1EFC900D3DFD0E" box="[508,559,727,752]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">type</typeStatus>
|
||
specimens.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(1) BMNH 1946.1.14.91: O (364) mm SVL + O (108) mm TL = O (472) mm TTL.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="F0CF0562FFE0FFD1FE92FCBA0C14FCEA" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2028140056" box="[368,774,764,792]" collectionCode="SCR" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-male="2" typeStatus="holotype">
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||
V
|
||
<subScript id="DC230D7AFFE0FFD1FE66FD4D0E82FCE6" attach="left" box="[388,400,778,792]" fontSize="6" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FE66FD4D0E82FCE6" box="[388,400,778,792]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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</subScript>
|
||
= 188 (186), SC
|
||
<subScript id="DC230D7AFFE0FFD1FDA8FD4D0D44FCE6" attach="left" box="[586,598,778,792]" fontSize="6" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FDA8FD4D0D44FCE6" box="[586,598,778,792]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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||
</subScript>
|
||
= 82 (83),
|
||
<collectionCode id="26B697FAFFE0FFD1FD33FCBB0C14FCEA" box="[721,774,764,788]" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14844" name="Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="Herbarium">SCR</collectionCode>
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="F0CF0562FFE0FFD1FCE4FD4D0E27FCC4" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2028140047" collectionCode="IL" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" typeStatus="holotype">
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||
<subScript id="DC230D7AFFE0FFD1FCE4FD4D0C00FCE6" attach="left" box="[774,786,778,792]" fontSize="6" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FCE4FD4D0C00FCE6" box="[774,786,778,792]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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||
</subScript>
|
||
= 0.30 (0.31), D = O-17-O (17-17-15), SL
|
||
<subScript id="DC230D7AFFE0FFD1FB1FFD4D0A14FCE6" attach="left" box="[1277,1286,778,792]" fontSize="6" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">E</subScript>
|
||
= 3+4 (3+4), SL = 7 (7),
|
||
<collectionCode id="26B697FAFFE0FFD1FEF8FD640E27FCC4" box="[282,309,803,826]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">IL</collectionCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
= O (8L 9R), IL
|
||
<subScript id="DC230D7AFFE0FFD1FE1AFD760D11FCC1" attach="left" box="[504,515,817,831]" fontSize="6" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">G</subScript>
|
||
= 4 (4). (2) BMNH 1946.1.14.95: O (393) mm SVL + O (89) mm TL =O (482) mm TTL.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="F0CF0562FFE0FFD1FEEEFD0D0DBBFC9C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2028140039" box="[268,681,842,870]" collectionCode="SCR" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-male="2" typeStatus="holotype">
|
||
V
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||
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FEC2FD1F0E3EFC98" box="[288,300,856,870]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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= 178 (179), SC
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= 81 (80),
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</materialsCitation>
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||
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FD4AFD1F0DA6FC98" box="[680,692,856,870]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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= 0.31 (0.31), D = O-17-O (17-17-15), SL
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|
||
= 3+4 (3+4), SL = 7 (7),
|
||
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||
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||
= O (9), IL
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<subScript id="DC230D7AFFE0FFD1FE8BFD390E66FC72" attach="left" box="[361,372,894,908]" fontSize="6" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">G</subScript>
|
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= 4 (4). (3) 1946.1.15.10: 405 (477) mm SVL + 135 (135) mm TL = 540 (612) mm TTL.
|
||
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V
|
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FA98FD390A94FC72" box="[1402,1414,894,908]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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|
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= 182 (181), SC
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||
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= 75 (76),
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</materialsCitation>
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FE12FDE20EEEFC4D" box="[496,508,933,947]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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= 0.29 (0.30), D = O-17-O (17-17-15), SL
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= 3+4 (3+4), SL = 9 (7),
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<collectionCode id="26B697FAFFE0FFD1FAEEFDDF0A35FC51" box="[1292,1319,920,943]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">IL</collectionCode>
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</materialsCitation>
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= O (O), IL
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= 4 (4). It should be noted that the subcaudal counts in this species refer to subcaudal scales that span the entire width of the tail (i.e., unpaired subcaudals).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="40180F3FFFE0FFD1FF25FA4F0DA5FAFC" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,1966]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FF25FA4F0D4BFBDF" bold="true" box="[199,601,1032,1057]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Key characteristics of the species.</emphasis>
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We have been able to examine
|
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FC5DFA4E0B45FBDF" box="[959,1111,1032,1057]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="generic">19 specimens</specimenCount>
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<materialsCitation id="F0CF0562FFE0FFD1FBBDFA4F0D77FB93" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2028140037" country="Ireland" county="Characteristics" location="New Britain" municipality="Duke of York" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" specimenCount="17" specimenCount-female="4" specimenCount-male="13">
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of
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FB9FFA4E0A14FBDF" box="[1149,1286,1032,1057]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">S. heterurus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Of these, 11 (
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FF7DFA6A0FF0FBBA" box="[159,226,1069,1093]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
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,
|
||
<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FF13FA6B0E26FBBA" box="[241,308,1068,1093]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">6 ♂♂</specimenCount>
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, 3 unsexed) were collected on
|
||
<location id="457859E4FFE0FFD1FD7AFA6A0C35FBBB" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C80EBE29FFE2FFD1FF75FAD00E41F850:457859E4FFE0FFD1FD7AFA6A0C35FBBB" box="[664,807,1068,1093]" country="Ireland" county="Characteristics" municipality="Duke of York" name="New Britain" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">New Britain</location>
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, six on New
|
||
<collectingCountry id="38B04FAFFFE0FFD1FC22FA6B0B1DFBBB" box="[960,1039,1068,1093]" name="Ireland" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Ireland</collectingCountry>
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(
|
||
<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FBC1FA6A0B5FFBBA" box="[1059,1101,1069,1093]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
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,
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||
<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FBBFFA6B0BB3FBBB" box="[1117,1185,1068,1093]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">5 ♂♂</specimenCount>
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), and two on
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="A07C9545FFE0FFD1FADDFA6B0FDCFB97" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Duke of York</collectingMunicipality>
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(
|
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FF3DFA160E36FB97" box="[223,292,1105,1129]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">2 ♂♂</specimenCount>
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).
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||
<collectingCounty id="A97977B3FFE0FFD1FED8FA170EF2FB97" box="[314,480,1104,1129]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Characteristics</collectingCounty>
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include V
|
||
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||
<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FDBBFA180D77FB93" box="[601,613,1119,1133]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
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= 183–193 (189 ± 5.1), V
|
||
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FC74FA180CB0FB93" box="[918,930,1119,1133]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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</subScript>
|
||
= 179–198 (188 ± 5.2); SC
|
||
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|
||
<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FB00FA180BFCFB93" box="[1250,1262,1119,1133]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
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</subScript>
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||
= 83–93 (89 ± 5.5), SC
|
||
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|
||
<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FF15FAC10E11FB6A" box="[247,259,1158,1172]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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||
</subScript>
|
||
=
|
||
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|
||
76–88 (82 ± 3.9);
|
||
<collectionCode id="26B697FAFFE0FFD1FE1DFA3F0D26FB6E" box="[511,564,1144,1168]" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14844" name="Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="Herbarium">SCR</collectionCode>
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<subScript id="DC230D7AFFE0FFD1FDD6FAC10D52FB6A" attach="left" box="[564,576,1158,1172]" fontSize="6" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FDD6FAC10D52FB6A" box="[564,576,1158,1172]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
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</subScript>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
=
|
||
<materialsCitation id="F0CF0562FFE0FFD1FD86FA3F0DF5FB6A" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2028140043" box="[612,743,1144,1172]" collectionCode="SCR" country="Ireland" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
|
||
0.32,
|
||
<collectionCode id="26B697FAFFE0FFD1FD44FA3F0DC9FB6E" box="[678,731,1144,1168]" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14844" name="Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="Herbarium">SCR</collectionCode>
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<subScript id="DC230D7AFFE0FFD1FD39FAC10DF5FB6A" attach="left" box="[731,743,1158,1172]" fontSize="6" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FD39FAC10DF5FB6A" box="[731,743,1158,1172]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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</subScript>
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
=
|
||
<materialsCitation id="F0CF0562FFE0FFD1FCE9FA3F0E1EFAFC" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2028140062" collectionCode="IL" country="Ireland" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" specimenCount="13">
|
||
0.30; D = 17-17-15 (100%); SL
|
||
<subScript id="DC230D7AFFE0FFD1FB9DFAC10B9AFB6A" attach="left" box="[1151,1160,1158,1172]" fontSize="6" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">E</subScript>
|
||
= 3+4 (100%); SL = 7 (100%);
|
||
<collectionCode id="26B697FAFFE0FFD1FF18FAD80E07FB48" box="[250,277,1183,1206]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">IL</collectionCode>
|
||
= 8 (83%) or 9 (17%);
|
||
<collectionCode id="26B697FAFFE0FFD1FDC0FAD80D2EFB48" box="[546,572,1183,1206]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">IL</collectionCode>
|
||
<subScript id="DC230D7AFFE0FFD1FDDEFAEB0D55FB44" attach="left" box="[572,583,1196,1210]" fontSize="6" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">G</subScript>
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||
= 4. Regarding the frequency of
|
||
<collectionCode id="26B697FAFFE0FFD1FC23FAD80CCCFB48" box="[961,990,1183,1206]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">IL</collectionCode>
|
||
, it should be noted that the percentages are based on one specimen with
|
||
<collectionCode id="26B697FAFFE0FFD1FDE0FA810D0EFB23" box="[514,540,1222,1245]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">IL</collectionCode>
|
||
= 9 on both sides of the head, three specimens with a mix of
|
||
<collectionCode id="26B697FAFFE0FFD1FB28FA810BF6FB23" box="[1226,1252,1222,1245]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">IL</collectionCode>
|
||
= 8 or 9, and
|
||
<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFE0FFD1FA62FA810E1EFAFC" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="generic">13 specimens</specimenCount>
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
with IL = 8 on both sides of the head.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="40180F3FFFE0FFD1FF25FB4A0E4AFA00" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,1966]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
There does not appear to be any sexual dimorphism with respect to V and SC counts in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFE0FFD1FB2DFB490A4BFAD8" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1893" box="[1231,1369,1293,1318]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heterurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FB2DFB490A4BFAD8" box="[1231,1369,1293,1318]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">S. heterurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, with values for SCR only minimally different. It is perhaps noteworthy that, unlike in any other species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFE0FFD1FAF9FB750A87FAB7" authorityName=", McDowell" authorityYear="1972" box="[1307,1429,1330,1353]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FAF9FB750A87FAB7" box="[1307,1429,1330,1353]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Stegonotus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the females examined gave a higher maximum subcaudal count than males (
|
||
<quantity id="875FA2DAFFE0FFD1FC1DFB110B29FA90" box="[1023,1083,1365,1390]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3622" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" unit="in" value="93.0">93 in</quantity>
|
||
females,
|
||
<quantity id="875FA2DAFFE0FFD1FB48FB110BF6FA90" box="[1194,1252,1365,1390]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2352" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" unit="in" value="88.0">88 in</quantity>
|
||
males), but this difference is within the standard deviation of the subcaudal count for either sex. The specimens of the original
|
||
<typeStatus id="9F1CB19DFFE0FFD1FA8EFB3D0A8EFA6C" box="[1388,1436,1402,1426]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series from Duke of
|
||
<collectingRegion id="8263C1DDFFE0FFD1FE9EFBDA0EA1FA48" box="[380,435,1437,1462]" country="United Kingdom" name="York" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">York</collectingRegion>
|
||
have the smallest values for relative tail length, and these are among the lowest for males in the entire genus. This is the only species in the genus other than
|
||
<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFE0FFD1FC76FB850B03FA24" baseAuthorityName="de Rooij" baseAuthorityYear="1917" box="[916,1041,1473,1498]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="florensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FC76FB850CB0FA27" box="[916,930,1474,1497]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">S</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FC50FB860B03FA24" box="[946,1041,1473,1498]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">florensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFE0FFD1FBA8FB850BBCFA27" authorityName="Forcart" authorityYear="1953" box="[1098,1198,1474,1497]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sutteri">
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FBA8FB850BBCFA27" box="[1098,1198,1474,1497]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">S. sutteri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
that possesses entire subcaudal scales.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="08BD5CB4FFE0FFD1FF25F84E0E41F850" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="40180F3FFFE0FFD1FF25F84E0C0FF94C" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,1966]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FF25F84E0E5DF9DC" bold="true" box="[199,335,1545,1570]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Comments.</emphasis>
|
||
In order to anchor the name
|
||
<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFE0FFD1FD71F84D0C08F9DC" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1893" box="[659,794,1545,1570]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heterurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FD71F84D0C08F9DC" box="[659,794,1545,1570]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">S. heterurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to a single specimen and stabilize the species, we hereby designate BMNH 1946.1.14.95 (
|
||
<figureCitation id="D89C13BAFFE0FFD1FDE5F86A0D4BF9B8" box="[519,601,1581,1606]" captionStart="FIGURE 22" captionStartId="38.[151,250,1907,1929]" captionTargetBox="[161,1435,193,1892]" captionTargetId="figure@38.[161,1435,193,1892]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="FIGURE 22. Type specimens of Stegonotus heterurus Boulenger, 1893. Photos include views of the entire body of the lectotype BMNH 1946.1.14.95, an adult male (TTL = 482 mm) in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral views, and of the specimen’s head in (C) dorsal, (D) right lateral, and (E) ventral views. The heads of the paralectotypes BMNH 1946.1.14.91 and 1946.1.15.10 are shown in dorsal (F,I), right lateral (G,J), and ventral (H,K) views, respectively." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2607621/files/figure.png" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
|
||
A–E;
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<tableCitation id="0D253A84FFE0FFD1FD7EF86A0DFCF9B8" box="[668,750,1581,1606]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="60.[147,229,603,624]" captionText="TABLE 1. Name-bearing types of species in the genus Stegonotus. In this list we present basic data, including common measurements and selected scale counts, for all namebearing types (i.e., holotypes—HT, lectotypes—LT, neotypes—NT, syntypes—ST) to provide an easy overview of species. Additional details and the information for paratypes and paralectotypes can be found in the text. Character abbreviations are explained in the main text. For specimens where sex is indicated in red, we used the SCR value and not direct observation to estimate sex. Missing values are indicated by O. Specimen Type SCR SubC Species Synonym Sex SVL TL TTL V SC Dorsals SCE SL IL ILG Number Status (%) Condition LSUMZ admiraltiensis HT M 658 185 843 208 98 32 paired 17-19-15 4+5 8 10 10 93958 MSNG aruensis HT M 582 233 815 190 103 35 paired 17-17-15 3+4 7 8 4 30186 BMNH australis HT M 503 135 638 205 77 27 paired 17-17-15 4+5 8 9 5 1946.1.14.93 AMS australis darnleyensis HT F 720 O O 198 53+ O paired 17-17-15 4+5 9 10 5 R31894 AMS australis plumbeus HT M 1025 250 1275 220 74 25 paired 17-17-15 3+4+5 9 10 5 R31895 BMNH batjanensis HT M 1239 321 1560 235 86 27 paired 17-17-15 3+4+5 8 10 5 1946.1.11.36 FMNH borneensis HT F 783 221 1004 195 79 29 paired 17-17-15 4+5 10 11 5 164746 MNHN cucullatus HT M 769 254 1023 209 91 30 paired 17-17-15 4+5 8 9 5 3412 MTKD a cucullatus magnus ST F O O O 207 74 26 paired O-19-O 4+5 8 O O 573 ZMB b cucullatus magnus ST M 975 265 1240 211 87 29 paired 19-19-17 3+4 8 10 5 8794 MZB derooijae HT M 455 193 648 181 94 34 paired 17-17-15 3+4 7 8 8 Ophi.3288 MWNH diehli HT juv 196 56 252 179 82 31 paired 15-15-15 3+4 7 8 4 1244 NMW dorsalis HT M 805 245 1050 208 88 30 paired 15-15-15 4+5 8 10 5 14861 ZMA 9R florensis HT M 447 109 556 217 65 23 single 21-21-19 3+4+5 10 5 11080 8L BMNH guentheri LT F 683 165 848 192 64 25 paired 15-15-13 4+5 8 9 4 1946.1.11.38 ……continued on the next page" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Table 1</tableCitation>
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) as the
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<typeStatus id="9F1CB19DFFE0FFD1FCA8F86A0CA3F9B8" box="[842,945,1581,1606]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
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(
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FC20F86A0CEFF9B8" box="[962,1021,1581,1606]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Code</emphasis>
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, Article 74.7).
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<location id="457859E4FFE0FFD1FB49F8690BAEF9BB" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C80EBE29FFE2FFD1FF75FAD00E41F850:457859E4FFE0FFD1FB49F8690BAEF9BB" box="[1195,1212,1582,1605]" name="It" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">It</location>
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is the largest of the three
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<typeStatus id="9F1CB19DFFE0FFD1FF37F8150E28F994" box="[213,314,1618,1642]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
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</materialsCitation>
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,
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<materialsCitation id="F0CF0562FFE0FFD1FEA7F8160C0BF94C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2028140048" collectionCode="BMNH" location="This" municipality="Duke of York Island" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" specimenCode="BMNH 1946.1" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paralectotype">
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in an excellent state of preservation, and possesses the characteristics we consider diagnostic for the species.
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<location id="457859E4FFE0FFD1FF14F8320E3AF970" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C80EBE29FFE2FFD1FF75FAD00E41F850:457859E4FFE0FFD1FF14F8320E3AF970" box="[246,296,1653,1678]" municipality="Duke of York Island" name="This" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">This</location>
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means that the type locality for the species becomes restricted to
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<collectingMunicipality id="A07C9545FFE0FFD1FBECF8320BE5F970" box="[1038,1271,1653,1678]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Duke of York Island</collectingMunicipality>
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, and it renders
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<specimenCode id="1001A744FFE0FFD1FF75F8DD0E50F94C" box="[151,322,1689,1714]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">BMNH 1946.1</specimenCode>
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.14.91 and 1946.1.15.10 as
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<typeStatus id="9F1CB19DFFE0FFD1FD96F8DE0C0BF94C" box="[628,793,1689,1714]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="paralectotype">paralectotypes</typeStatus>
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="40180F3FFFE0FFD1FF25F8FA0E41F850" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,1966]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
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Given the very wide distribution of
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<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFE0FFD1FDB4F8F90DCCF928" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1893" box="[598,734,1725,1750]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heterurus">
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FDB4F8F90DCCF928" box="[598,734,1725,1750]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">S. heterurus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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across New Britain and New
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<collectingCountry id="38B04FAFFFE0FFD1FBCEF8FA0B6CF928" box="[1068,1150,1725,1750]" name="Ireland" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Ireland</collectingCountry>
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, an archipelago generally known for its reptile diversity and endemism (e.g.,
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFE0FFD1FD36F8A60B39F907" author="Foufopoulos, J. & Richards, S. J." box="[724,1067,1761,1786]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="176 - 201" refId="ref43688" refString="Foufopoulos, J. & Richards, S. J. (2007) Amphibians and reptiles of New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea: diversity and conservation status. Hamadryad, 31, 176 - 201." type="journal article" year="2007">Foufopoulos & Richards 2007</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFE0FFD1FBD5F8A60BCEF907" author="Richards, S. J." box="[1079,1244,1761,1786]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="75 - 80" refId="ref46317" refString="Richards, S. J. (2011) Herpetofauna of the Nakanai Mountains, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 60, 75 - 80." type="journal article" year="2011">Richards 2011</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFE0FFD1FB0AF8A60FC1F8E0" author="Clegg, J. R. & Jocque, M." pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="476 - 485" refId="ref42646" refString="Clegg, J. R. & Jocque, M. (2016) The collection of snakes made by Benoit Mys and Jan Swerts in northern Papua New Guinea in 1982 - 85. Journal of Herpetology, 50, 476 - 485. https: // doi. org / 10.1670 / 15 - 096" type="journal article" year="2016">Clegg & Jocque 2016</bibRefCitation>
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), the presence of a single species of
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<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFE0FFD1FD45F9410C33F8E3" authorityName=", McDowell" authorityYear="1972" box="[679,801,1798,1821]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FD45F9410C33F8E3" box="[679,801,1798,1821]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Stegonotus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is perhaps surprising. This is especially noteworthy considering the recently unveiled endemism in the Raja Ampat Archipelago (Ruane
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFE0FFD1FBB6F96D0B94F8BC" box="[1108,1158,1833,1858]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">et al</emphasis>
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. 2017) and the diversity we recognize for the
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<collectingCountry id="38B04FAFFFE0FFD1FE67F90A0EE0F898" box="[389,498,1869,1894]" name="Indonesia" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Moluccas</collectingCountry>
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in this paper. Further research in these islands and the collection of new specimens would allow a molecular analysis to discern the genetic structure in this species and would, perhaps, uncover greater diversity.
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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