Spatula-toothed snake

The spatula-toothed snake (Iguanognathus werneri) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Spatula-toothed snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Iguanognathus
Boulenger, 1898
Species:
I. werneri
Binomial name
Iguanognathus werneri
Boulenger, 1898

Etymology

The specific name, werneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.[2]

Taxonomy

The species I. werneri is monotypic within the genus Iguanognathus.[3]

Geographic range

I. werneri is known only from the holotype, which was collected in Sumatra, Indonesia.[4]

Habitat

The natural habitat of I. werneri is unknown.[1]

Description

All the teeth of I. werneri (mandibular, maxillary, and palatal) have spatulate crowns, which are ribbed along the outer side. The holotype, which is a female, has a total length of 35 cm (14 in), including a tail 8.7 cm (3.4 in) long.[5]

Reproduction

I. werneri is oviparous.[6]

References
  1. Iskandar D, Jenkins H, Inger RF, Lilley R (2012). "Iguanognathus werneri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T10803A498726. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T10803A498726.en.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Iguanognathus werneri, p. 282).
  3. "Iguanognathus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  4. World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Iguanognathus werneri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  5. Boulenger (1898).
  6. Species Iguanognathus werneri at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1898). "Description of a new Genus of Aglyphous Colubrine Snakes from Sumatra". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 2: 73–74. (Iguanognathus, new genus, p. 73; Iguanognathus werneri, new species, p. 74).
  • David P, Vogel G (1996). The Snakes of Sumatra: An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 259 pp. ISBN 978-3930612086.
  • de Rooij N (1917). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. II. Ophidia. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 334 pp. (Iguanognathus werneri, pp. 50–51).
  • Jackson K, Underwood G, Arnold EN, Savitzky AH (1999). "Hinged Teeth in the Enigmatic Colubrid, Iguanognathus werneri ". Copeia 1999 (3): 814–817.



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