Xenopholis scalaris

Xenopholis scalaris, Wucherer's ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.

Xenopholis scalaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Xenopholis
Species:
X. scalaris
Binomial name
Xenopholis scalaris
(Wucherer, 1861)
Synonyms[2]
  • Elapomorphus scalaris
    Wucherer, 1861
  • Xenopholis scalaris
    — Boulenger, 1896

Geographic range

Xenopholis scalaris is found in Amazonian Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.[3] Other locality records include Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela.[4]

References
  1. Doan, T.M.; Ines Hladki, A.; Lehr, E.; Ramírez Pinilla, M.; Renjifo, J.; Urbina, N.; Valencia, J.; Gonzales, L.; Catenazzi, A.; Nogueira, C. de C. (2019). "Xenopholis scalaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T177550A44952190. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Xenopholis scalaris, p. 232).
  3. Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Xenopholis scalaris, p. 113).
  4. "Xenopholis scalaris ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Wucherer, "Otho" (1861). "Description of a New Species of Elapomorphus from Brazil". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 9: 318–319. (Elapomorphus scalaris, new species).
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