Xenopholis scalaris
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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: | Xenopholis |
| Species: | X. scalaris
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| Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1861)
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Xenopholis scalaris is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.
Geographic range
Xenopholis scalaris is found in Amazonian Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.[2] Other locality records include Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela.[3]
References
- ^ 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).
- ^ Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Xenopholis scalaris, p. 113).
- ^ "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).
External links
- Species Xenopholis scalaris at The Reptile Database
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