''Stegonotus'' is a

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of the genus ''Stegonotus'' are native to

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Species

The genus ''Stegonotus'' contains 24 species which are recognized as being valid. *'' Stegonotus admiraltiensis'' – Admiralty Islands ground snake *'' Stegonotus aplini'' – Purari White ground snake *'' Stegonotus aruensis'' – Aru Islands ground snake *'' Stegonotus australis'' – Australian ground snake *''

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'' – Ayamaru ground snake *'' Stegonotus batjanensis'' – Bacan Island groundsnake, Batjan frog-eating snake *'' Stegonotus borneensis'' – Borneo ground snake, Borneo frog-eating snake *'' Stegonotus caligocephalus'' – Dark-headed Sabah ground snake *'' Stegonotus cucullatus'' – Bird's Head Peninsula ground snake, slatey-grey snake *'' Stegonotus derooijae'' – De Rooij's ground snake, Raja Ampat ground snake *'' Stegonotus diehli'' – Diehl's little ground snake *'' Stegonotus florensis'' – Flores ground snake *'' Stegonotus guentheri'' – D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago ground snake, Milne Bay ground snake *'' Stegonotus heterurus'' – Bismarck ground snake *'' Stegonotus iridis'' – Iridescent ground snake, Rainbow ground ₪snake *'' Stegonotus keyensis'' – Kei Islands ground snake *'' Stegonotus lividus'' – Semau Island ground snake *'' Stegonotus melanolabiatus'' – Black-lipped ground snake *'' Stegonotus modestus'' – Moluccan ground snake, Maluku ground snake, northern frog-eating snake *'' Stegonotus muelleri'' – Philippine ground snake *'' Stegonotus nancuro'' – Timor ground snake *'' Stegonotus parvus'' – Biak Island ground snake, common ground snake *'' Stegonotus poechi'' – Pöch's ground snake *'' Stegonotus reticulatus'' – Reticulated ground snake *'' Stegonotus sutteri'' – Sumba ground snake ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Stegonotus''.

Etymology

The

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, ''aplini'', is in honor of Australian herpetologist and mammalogist Kenneth Peter "Ken" Aplin. The specific name, ''derooijae'', is in honor of Dutch herpetologist

Nelly de Rooij Petronella Johanna Nelly de Rooij (30 July 1883 – 10 June 1964) was a Dutch zoologist and herpetologist. Biography De Rooij was born in Weesp, and she studied Medicine in Amsterdam until discrimination against her gender in Dutch law obliged h ...

. The specific name, ''diehli'', is in honor of German missionary Wilhelm Diehl (1874–1940), who collected herpetological specimens in

. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Stegonotus diehli'', p. 72; ''S. guentheri'', p. 111). The specific name, ''guentheri'', is in honor of German-born British herpetologist

Albert Günther Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther , also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3October 18301February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile tax ...

. The specific name, ''muelleri'', is in honor of German herpetologist

Johannes Peter Müller Johannes Peter Müller (14 July 1801 – 28 April 1858) was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist, known not only for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge. The paramesonephri ...

. The specific name, ''poechi'', is in honor of Austrian ethnologist & anthropologist Rudolf Pöch. The specific name, ''sutteri'', is in honor of Swiss ornithologist

Ernst Sutter Ernst Sutter (7 August 1914 – 9 November 1999) was a Swiss ornithologist and curator at the Museum of Cultures (Basel), Basel museum. Sutter was a pioneer of radar ornithology, the study of bird migration using radar, in Europe. Sutter was born i ...

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