Xenodon
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Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Xenodon
Species (12): X. dorbignyi – X. guentheri – X. histricus – X. matogrossensis – X. merremii – X. nattereri – X. neuwiedii – X. pulcher – X. rabdocephalus – X. semicinctus – X. severus – X. werneri
Name[edit]
Xenodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826
- Type species: Coluber severus Linnaeus, 1758.
Synonyms[edit]
- Lystrophis Cope, 1885 [synonymized by Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto (2009: 147)]
- Type species: Heterodon dorbignyi Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854.
- Waglerophis Romano & Hoge, 1972 [synonymized by Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto (2009: 147)]
- Type species: Ophis merremii Wagler, 1824.
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
- Zaher, H., Grazziotin, F.G., Cadle, J.E., Murphy, R.W., Moura-Leite, J.C. & Bonatto, S.L. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49(11): 115–153. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492009001100001 Reference page.
Links[edit]
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Xenodon . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 February 2020.
- Xenodon – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
- Xenodon – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names[edit]
English: South American Hognose Snakes