Xenodon

Xenodon is a genus of New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.^[1]

Xenodon
Xenodon merremii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Xenodon H. Boie, 1826

Geographic range

Species of the genus Xenodon are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.^[1]

Diet

Snakes in the genus Xenodon prey almost exclusively on toads.^[2]

Species

The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Xenodon dorbignyi (Bibron in A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – South American hognose snake
• Xenodon guentheri Boulenger, 1894 – Günther's false fer-de-lance
• Xenodon histricus (Jan, 1863) – Jan's hognose snake
• Xenodon matogrossensis (Scrocchi & Cruz, 1993)
• Xenodon merremii (Wagler, 1824) – Wagler's snake
• Xenodon nattereri (Steindachner, 1867)
• Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863 – Neuwied's false fer-de-lance
• Xenodon pulcher (Jan, 1863)
• Xenodon rabdocephalus (Wied, 1824) – false fer-de-lance
• Xenodon semicinctus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – ringed hognose snake
• Xenodon severus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Amazon false fer-de-lance
• Xenodon werneri Eiselt, 1963

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Xenodon.