Xenopholis undulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Xenopholis
Species:
X. undulatus
Binomial name
Xenopholis undulatus
(Jensen, 1900)
Synonyms[2]
  • Oxyrhopus undulatus
    Jensen, 1900
  • Paroxyrhopus undulatus
    — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
  • Xenopholis undulatus
    — da Cunha et al., 1985

Xenopholis undulatus, Jensen's ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

Xenopholis undulatus is found in Brazil and Paraguay.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z; Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2021). "Xenopholis scalaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T15183704A15183713. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 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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