Xenodon

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Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Family Dipsadidae Phylum Chordata		Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Genus XenodonH. Boie, 1826 Order Scaled reptiles

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

False fer de lance xenodon rabdocephalus

Xenodon is a genus of snakes of the family Dipsadidae.

Snakes in the genus Xenodon prey almost exclusively on toads.

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.

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