Xenopholis werdingorum
Xenopholis werdingorum is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.
| Xenopholis werdingorum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Xenopholis |
| Species: | X. werdingorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Xenopholis werdingorum | |
Etymology
The specific name, werdingorum (genitive, plural), is in honor of the Werding family of Bolivia, on whose hacienda the holotype was collected.[1]
Taxonomy
Xenopholis werdingorum is the most recently described (2009) of the three species in the genus Xenopholis.[2]
Geographic range
Xenopholis werdingorum is endemic to Bolivia.[2]
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References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Xenopholis werdingorum, p. 281).
- Species Xenopholis werdingorum at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Jansen, Martin; Álvarez, Lucindo Gonzales; Köhler, Gunther (2009). "Description of a new species of Xenopholis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Cerrado of Bolivia, with comments on Xenopholis scalaris in Bolivia". Zootaxa 2222: 31–45. (Xenopholis werdingorum, new species).
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