Xenopholis scalaris

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Xenopholis
Species: Xenopholis scalaris
Name

Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1861)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.8.60

Type locality: Canavieras, Matta de Sao Joao, Brazil.
Synonyms

Elapomorphus scalaris Wucherer, 1861: 325
Xenopholis Braconnieri Peters, 1869: 441
Gerrhosteus prosopis Cope, 1874: 71
Sympeltophis ungalioides Werner, 1925: 52
Xenopholis scalaris — Peters, 1960

References

Wucherer, Otho 1861: Description of the new species of Elapomorphus from Brazil. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1861: 325–326. Biostor
Peters , J.A. 1960: The snakes of Ecuador; check list and key. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard, 122: 489–541.
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

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).