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

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

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]

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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  • 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).