Xenopholis scalaris

Xenopholis scalaris is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.

Xenopholis scalaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Xenopholis
Species:
X. scalaris
Binomial name
Xenopholis scalaris
(Wucherer, 1861)
Synonyms[1]
  • Elapomorphus scalaris
    Wucherer, 1861
  • Xenopholis scalaris
    Boulenger, 1896

Geographic range

Xenopholis scalaris is found in Amazonian Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.[2] Other locality records include Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela.[3]

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References

  1. Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Xenopholis scalaris, p. 232).
  2. Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Xenopholis scalaris, p. 113).
  3. "Xenopholis scalaris ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Wucherer, "Otho" (1861). "Description of a New Species of Elapomorphus from Brazil". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 9: 318–319. (Elapomorphus scalaris, new species).


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