Xenodon
| Xenodon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Xenodon merremi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Dipsadidae |
| Genus: | Xenodon H. Boie, 1826 |
Xenodon is a genus of snakes of the family Dipsadidae.[1]
Diet
Snakes in the genus Xenodon prey almost exclusively on toads.[2]
Species
The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- 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
Further reading
- Boie H. 1826. "Notice sur l'Erpétologie de l'île de Java ". Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie 9 (203): 233-240. (Xenodon, new genus, p. 238). (in French).
- Freiberg M. 1982. Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Xenodon, p. 113).
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