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

1 2 Genus Xenodon at The Reptile Database
↑ 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

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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