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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.[1]

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.[4]

Reproduction

I. werneri is oviparous.[5]

References
  1. Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2012). "Iguanognathus werneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T10803A498726. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T10803A498726.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  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. Boulenger (1898).
  5. 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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