Xenodon

Genus of snakes

Xenodon

Xenodon merremii
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Suborder:  | Serpentes
Family:  | Colubridae
Subfamily:  | Dipsadinae
Genus:  | Xenodon
H. Boie, 1826

Xenodon is a genus of New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.[1]

## Geographic range

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Species of the genus Xenodon are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1]

## Diet

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Snakes in the genus Xenodon prey almost exclusively on toads.[2]

## Species

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The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.[1]

* Xenodon dorbignyi (Bibron in A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – South American hognose snake
* Xenodon guentheri Boulenger, 1894 – Günther's false fer-de-lance
* Xenodon histricus (Jan, 1863) – Jan's hognose snake
* Xenodon matogrossensis (Scrocchi & Cruz, 1993)
* Xenodon merremii (Wagler, 1824) – Wagler's snake
* Xenodon nattereri (Steindachner, 1867)
* Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863 – Neuwied's false fer-de-lance
* Xenodon pulcher (Jan, 1863)
* Xenodon rabdocephalus (Wied, 1824) – false fer-de-lance
* Xenodon semicinctus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – ringed hognose snake
* Xenodon severus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Amazon false fer-de-lance
* 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

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1. ^ a b c Genus Xenodon at The Reptile Database
2. ^ Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology: Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Xenodon, p. 149).

## Further reading

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xenodon.

Wikispecies has information related to Xenodon.

* 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).

Taxon identifiers

Xenodon|

* Wikidata: Q5067066
* Wikispecies: Xenodon
* ADW: Xenodon
* BioLib: 176719
* CoL: 88RQ
* EoL: 35464
* GBIF: 2453021
* iNaturalist: 28023
* ITIS: 585680
* NCBI: 39151
* Open Tree of Life: 264466
* WoRMS: 298072

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