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Hensel's snake

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Hensel's snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Ditaxodon
Hoge, 1958
Species:
D. taeniatus
Binomial name
Ditaxodon taeniatus
(Peters, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Philodryas taeniatus
  • Conophis taeniatus

Hensel's snake (Ditaxodon taeniatus) is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.[2] The species is endemic to southern Brazil,[3] and it is monotypic in the genus Ditaxodon.

References

  1. ^ Silveira, A.L., Prudente, A.L. da C., Argôlo , A.J.S., Abrahão, C.R., Nogueira, C. de C., Barbo, F.E., Costa, G.C., Pontes, G.M.F., Colli, G.R., Zaher, H. el D., Borges-Martins, M., Martins, M.R.C., Oliveira , M.E., Passos, P.G.H., Bérnils, R.S., Sawaya, R.J., Cechin, C.T.Z & Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2021). Ditaxodon taeniatus. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. ^ Ditaxodon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
  3. ^ Ditaxodon taeniatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.