Xenopholis scalaris

Xenopholis scalaris

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: Xenopholis
Species: Xenopholis scalaris

Name

Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1862)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.8.60

Type locality: Canavieras, Matta de Sao Joao, Brazil.

Synonyms

• Elapomorphus scalaris Wucherer, 1862: 325
• Xenopholis Braconnieri Peters, 1869: 441
• Gerrhosteus prosopis Cope, 1874: 71
• Sympeltophis ungalioides Werner, 1925: 52
• Xenopholis scalaris — Peters, 1960

References

Primary references

• Wucherer, O. 1862 ["1861"]. Description of a new species of Elapomorphus from Brazil. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861, Part 3: 325–326. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dickinson, E.C. 2005. The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1859–1900: an exploration of breaks between calendar years of publication. Journal of Zoology 266(4): 427–430. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905007077 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Peters , J.A. 1960. The snakes of Ecuador; check list and key. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 122: 489–541.
• Jansen, Martin; Lucindo Gonzales Álvarez & Gunther Köhler 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.