Xenodon

Xenodon dorbignyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Xenodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826

• Type species: Coluber severus Linnaeus, 1758.

Synonyms

• 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

Primary references

• 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

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Xenodon . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 February 2020.
• Xenodon – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
• Xenodon – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Südamerikanische Hakennattern
English: South American Hognose Snakes