FIGURE 1 in A striking new species of Papuan groundsnake (Stegonotus: Colubridae) from southern Papua New Guinea, with a dichotomous key to the genus in New Guinea

FIGURE 1. Head scalation of the holotype of Stegonotus aplini sp. nov. (SAMA R71442) in dorsal (A–A'), right lateral (B–B'), left lateral (C–C'), and ventral (D–D') views. Abbreviations include AG (anterior genial), F (frontal), IN (internasal), IL (numbered infralabials), L (loreal), M (mental), N (nasal), P (parietal), PF (prefrontal), PG (posterior genial), PO (postocular), PR (preocular), R (rostral), SL (numbered supralabials), SO (supraocular) T (temporal), and V1 (1st ventral). Photos by M. O'SheaPublished as part of O'Shea, Mark & Richards, Stephen J., 2021, A striking new species of Papuan groundsnake (Stegonotus: Colubridae) from southern Papua New Guinea, with a dichotomous key to the genus in New Guinea, pp. 26-42 in Zootaxa 4926 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/450056