Xenodon
Xenodon | |
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Xenodon merremii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
Genus: | Xenodon H. Boie, 1826 |
Xenodon is a genus of New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.[1]
Geographic range[]
Species of the genus Xenodon are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1]
Diet[]
Snakes in the genus Xenodon prey almost exclusively on toads.[2]
Species[]
The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- (Bibron, 1854)
- Boulenger, 1894
- (Jan, 1863)
- ( & , 1993)
- Xenodon merremii (Wagler, 1824)
- (Steindachner, 1867)
- Günther, 1863
- Xenodon pulcher (Jan, 1863)
- Xenodon rabdocephalus (Wied, 1824)
- (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- Xenodon severus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- , 1963
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Xenodon.
References[]
Further reading[]
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- Boie H (1826). "Notice sur l'Erpétologie de l'île de Java ". Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie 9 (203): 233–240. (Xenodon, new genus, p. 238). (in French).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Xenodon, p. 113).
Categories:
- Colubrids
- Snake genera
- Taxa named by Heinrich Boie
- Colubrid stubs