Xenopholis scalaris
Appearance
Xenopholis scalaris | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Xenopholis |
Species: | X. scalaris
|
Binomial name | |
Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1861)
| |
Synonyms[2] | |
|
Xenopholis scalaris, Wucherer's ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.
Geographic range
[edit]Xenopholis scalaris is found in Amazonian Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.[3] Other locality records include Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Doan, T.M.; Ines Hladki, A.; Lehr, E.; Ramírez Pinilla, M.; Renjifo, J.; Urbina, N.; Valencia, J.; Gonzales, L.; Catenazzi, A.; Nogueira, C. de C. (2019). "Xenopholis scalaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T177550A44952190. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Xenopholis scalaris, p. 232).
- ^ Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Xenopholis scalaris, p. 113).
- ^ "Xenopholis scalaris ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit]- Wucherer, "Otho" (1861). "Description of a New Species of Elapomorphus from Brazil". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 9: 318–319. (Elapomorphus scalaris, new species).
External links
[edit]- Species Xenopholis scalaris at The Reptile Database