Biology:Xenodon
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Short description: Genus of snakes
| Xenodon | |
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| Xenodon merremii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]
- Xenodon dorbignyi (Bibron in A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – South American hognose snake
- Xenodon guentheri Boulenger, 1894 – Günther's false fer-de-lance
- Xenodon histricus (Jan, 1863) – Jan's hognose snake
- Xenodon matogrossensis (Scrocchi & Cruz, 1993)
- Xenodon merremii (Wagler, 1824) – Wagler's snake
- Xenodon nattereri (Steindachner, 1867)
- Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863 – Neuwied's false fer-de-lance
- Xenodon pulcher (Jan, 1863)
- Xenodon rabdocephalus (Wied, 1824) – false fer-de-lance
- Xenodon semicinctus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – ringed hognose snake
- Xenodon severus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Amazon false fer-de-lance
- Xenodon werneri Eiselt, 1963
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Xenodon.
References
Further reading
- 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).
Wikidata ☰ Q5067066 entry
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