Hensel's snake
| Hensel's snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Ditaxodon Hoge, 1958 |
| Species: | D. taeniatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ditaxodon taeniatus (W. Peters, 1868)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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,[2] and it is monotypic in the genus Ditaxodon.
Description
The neotype of D. taeniatus has a total length of 54.3 cm (21.4 in), which includes a tail length of 12.2 cm (4.8 in).[2]
Reproduction
References
- ^ Silveira AL, Prudente AL da C, Argôlo AJS, Abrahão CR, Nogueira C de C, Barbo FE, Costa GC, Pontes GMF, Colli GR, Zaher H el D, Borges-Martins M, Martins MRC, Oliveira ME, Passos PGH, Bérnils RS, Sawaya RJ, Cechin CTZ, Guedes da Costa TB (2021). Ditaxodon taeniatus. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
- ^ a b c d e Ditaxodon taeniatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
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