Biology:Xenocalamus sabiensis

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Short description: Species of snake

Xenocalamus sabiensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Xenocalamus
Species:
X. sabiensis
Binomial name
Xenocalamus sabiensis
Broadley, 1971

Xenocalamus sabiensis, or the Sabi quill-snouted snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae.[1] It is endemic to Africa.[2]

Geographic range

It is found in Mozambique, Republic of South Africa, and Zimbabwe.[3]

References

  • Broadley, D.G. 1971. A revision of the African snake genera Amblyodipsas and Xenocalamus. Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Rhodesia. Volume 4, No. 33B, pp. 629–697.

Wikidata ☰ Q2713639 entry