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]

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

References

  1. 1 2 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).

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