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Xenodon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
Dipsadidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Genus
  
XenodonH. Boie, 1826

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Xenodon httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Xenodon merremi, Xenodon pulcher, Xenodontinae, Liophis, Odonus

False fer de lance xenodon rabdocephalus


Xenodon is a genus of snakes of the family Dipsadidae.

Contents

Micrurus pyrrhocryptus alimentandose de una culebra xenodon dorbignyi


Diet

Snakes in the genus Xenodon prey almost exclusively on toads.

Species

The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.

  • Xenodon dorbignyi (Bibron, 1854)
  • Xenodon guentheri Boulenger, 1894
  • Xenodon histricus (Jan, 1863)
  • Xenodon matogrossensis (Scrocchi & Cruz, 1993)
  • Xenodon merremi (Wagler, 1824)
  • Xenodon nattereri (Steindachner, 1867)
  • Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863
  • Xenodon pulcher (Jan, 1863)
  • Xenodon rabdocephalus (Wied, 1824)
  • Xenodon semicinctus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Xenodon severus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Xenodon werneri Eiselt, 1963

    • Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Xenodon.

    References

    Xenodon Wikipedia
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