Xenopholis ungulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Xenopholis
Species: Xenopholis ungulatus

Name

Xenopholis ungulatus (Jensen, 1900: 106)

Holotype: ZMUC

Type locality: Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Synonyms

• Oxyrhopus undulatus Jensen, 1900: 106
• Paroxyrhopus reticulatus Schenkel, 1900 (fide Hoge & Federsoni, 1975)
• Oxyrhopus latifrontalis Werner, 1913: 30
• Paroxyrhopus atropurpureus Amaral, 1923: 90
• Paroxyrhopus latifrontalis — Amaral, 1929: 208
• Paroxyrhopus undulatus — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 238
• Xenopholis reticulatus — Hoge & Federsoni, 1975

References

• Jensen 1900: Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöbenhavn 1899: 106.
• Hoge, A.R. & P.A. Federsoni Jr. 1974: Notes on Xenopholis Peters and Paroxrhopus Schenkel (serpente: Colubridae). Mem. Inst. Butantan, 38: 137–146.
• Jansen, Martin; Lucindo Gonzales Álvarez & Gunther Köhler 2009: Description of a new species of Xenopholis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Cerrado of Bolivia, with comments on Xenopholis scalaris in Bolivia. Zootaxa, 2222: 31–45

Vernacular names

English: Jensen's Ground Snake