Xenodon
Xenodon is a genus of New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.[1]
| Xenodon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Xenodon merremii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Xenodon H. Boie, 1826 |
Geographic range
Species of the genus Xenodon are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1]
Species
The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Xenodon dorbignyi (Bibron, 1854)
- Xenodon guentheri Boulenger, 1894
- Xenodon histricus (Jan, 1863)
- Xenodon matogrossensis (Scrocchi & Cruz, 1993)
- Xenodon merremii (Wagler, 1824)
- Xenodon nattereri (Steindachner, 1867)
- Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863
- Xenodon pulcher (Jan, 1863)
- Xenodon rabdocephalus (Wied, 1824)
- Xenodon semicinctus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- Xenodon severus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Xenodon werneri Eiselt, 1963
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Xenodon.
gollark: You can, however, look at pictures on reddit.
gollark: It's £25 or so and never goes on sale, so no.
gollark: Wait, you could actually play Factorio and experience the difficulty in centrally coordinating production of everything with just 200ish items and machines which are deterministic and always do the same thing vs the several million (in different locations) items modern society will need to produce and... well, economies of scale, and nondeterminism, and local variation, and whatnot.
gollark: Why not play Central Planning Simulator 2020?
gollark: (I did some hackery with the PWA manifest)
References
- Genus Xenodon at The Reptile Database
- Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology: Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Xenodon, p. 149).
Further reading
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xenodon. |
 |
Wikispecies has information related to Xenodon |
- 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).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.