Xenodon dorbignyi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Xenodon |
| Species: | X. dorbignyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenodon dorbignyi (Bibron, 1854)
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Xenodon dorbignyi, the South American hognose snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern South America. There are four recognized subspecies.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, dorbignyi, is in honor of French naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]X. dorbignyi is found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of X. dorbignyi are forest and grassland, both with sandy soil.[1]
Description
[edit]X. dorbignyi may attain a total length of 56 cm (22 in), including a tail 8 cm (3.1 in) long.[4] It resembles the sympatric venomous snake Bothrops alternatus.[2]
Diet
[edit]X. dorbignyi preys upon insects, amphibians, and lizards.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]Subspecies
[edit]Four subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Xenodon dorbignyi chacoensis (Lema, 1994)
- Xenodon dorbignyi dorbignyi (Bibron, 1854)
- Xenodon dorbignyi orientalis (Lema), 1994)
- Xenodon dorbignyi uruguayensis (Lema, 1994
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Xenodon.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Cacciali, P.; Carreira, S.; Giraudo, A.; Montero, R.; Scott, N. (2019). "Xenodon dorbignyi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15183361A15183370. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Species Xenodon dorbignyi at The Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Lystrophis dorbignyi, p. 74).
- ^ Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Lystrophis dorbignyi, pp. 151–152).
Further reading
[edit]- Bibron G (1854). In: Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Première partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents non venimeux. [= General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Seventh Volume, First Part. Containing the Natural History of the Nonvenomous Snakes ]. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (Heterodon dorbignyi, new species, pp. 772–774). (in French).
- Cope ED (1885). "Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22: 167–194. (Lystrophis dorbignyi, new combination, p. 193).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Lystrophis dorbignyi, pp. 103, 136 + photos on pp. 63, 130).
- Lema T (1994). "Lista commentada dos répteis occorentes no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil ". Comunicações do Museo de Ciências e Tecnologia da Pontifícia Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Série Zoologia 7: 41–150. (Lystrophis dorbignyi chacoensis, new subspecies, p. 118; L. d. orientalis, new ssp., p. 119; L. d. uruguayensis, new ssp., p. 120). (in Portuguese).
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