Xenocalamus sabiensis
Appearance
Xenocalamus sabiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Atractaspididae |
Genus: | Xenocalamus |
Species: | X. sabiensis
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Binomial name | |
Xenocalamus sabiensis Broadley, 1971
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Xenocalamus sabiensis, or the Sabi quill-snouted snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae.[1] It is endemic to Africa.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]It is found in Mozambique, Republic of South Africa, and Zimbabwe.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Xenocalamus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Xenocalamus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 May 2009.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Broadley, D.G. 1971. A revision of the African snake genera Amblyodipsas and Xenocalamus. Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Rhodesia. Volume 4, No. 33B, pp. 629–697.