Xenopholis werdingorum

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 werdingorum
Name

Xenopholis werdingorum Jansen, Gonzales-Álvarez & Köhler, 2009: 33

Holotype: MNKR 4700, adult ♀; collected about 23:00 hours on 25 October 2006 by M. Jansen and A. Schulze.

Type locality: “Hacienda San Sebastián (S 16°21.676’, W 62°00.017’, 550 m), Province of Ñuflo de Chávez, Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia”.
References
Primary references

Jansen, M., Gonzales-Álvarez, L. & Köhler, G. 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. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Xenopholis werdingorum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 June 2018.

Xenopholis werdingorum is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, werdingorum (genitive, plural), is in honor of the Werding family of Bolivia, on whose hacienda the holotype was collected.[1]
Taxonomy

X. werdingorum is the most recently described (2009) of the three species in the genus Xenopholis.[2]
Geographic range

X. werdingorum is found in Bolivia (Santa Cruz Department) and adjacent Brazil.[2]
Description

Dorsally X. werdingorum is uniformly dark brown with an iridescent sheen. Ventrally, it is yellowish orange. The color transition on the flanks is gradual.[2] Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 40 cm (16 in), with a tail about 5 cm (2.0 in) long.[3]
Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of X. werdingorum is unknown.[2]
References

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. (Xenopholis werdingorum, p. 281).
Species Xenopholis werdingorum at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Powell, Randy L., et al. (2016).

Further reading

Costa, Henrique Caldeira; Bérnils, Renato Silveira (2015). "Répteis brasileiros: lista de espécies 2015 ". Herpetologia Brasileira 4 (3): 75–93. (in Portuguese).
Jansen, Martin; Álvarez, Lucindo Gonzales; Köhler, Gunther (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 werdingorum, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Powell, Randy L.; Eversole, Cord Blake; Crocker, Ashton V.; Lizarro, Dennis; Bravo, Reinaldo Cholima (2016). "Xenopholis werdingorum , Jansen, Álvarez & Köhler, 2009 (Squamata: Dipsadidae): range extension with comments on distribution". Check List 12 (5): 1–3.