Xenopholis undulatus

Xenopholis undulatus is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

Xenopholis undulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Xenopholis
Species:
X. undulatus
Binomial name
Xenopholis undulatus
(Jensen, 1900)
Synonyms[1]
  • Oxyrhopus undulatus
    Jensen, 1900
  • Paroxyrhopus undulatus
    — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
  • Xenopholis undulatus
    — da Cunha et al., 1985

Geographic range

Xenopholis undulatus is found in Brazil and Paraguay.[1]

References
  1. Species Xenopholis undulatus at The Reptile Database

Further reading
  • Freiberg, Marcos (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Xenopholis undulatus, p. 113).
  • Jensen, Adolf Severin (1900). "Lagoa Santa Egnens Slanger. Et Bidrag til det indre Brasiliens Herpetologi. (With descriptions of three new species)". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1899: 99-111. (Oxyrhopus undulatus, new species, pp. 106–107, Figure 2). (in Danish and English).


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