Xenophidion schaeferi
Xenophidion schaeferi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Superfamily: | Bolyerioidea |
Family: | Xenophidiidae |
Genus: | Xenophidion |
Species: | X. schaeferi
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Binomial name | |
Xenophidion schaeferi R. Günther & Manthey, 1995
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Xenophidion schaeferi, also known
.Etymology
The specific name, schaeferi is in honor of German herpetologist Christian Schäfer who collected the holotype.[3]
Geographic range
X. schaeferi is found in the Malaysian state of Selangor, in western Peninsular Malaysia.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of X. schaeferi is forest.[1]
Reproduction
DNA sequence divergence of sibling species
In the genus Xenophidion, there is one sister species, X. acanthognathus. Molecular analyses of a new specimen of X. acanthognathus reveal that it only differs from the holotype of X. schaeferi by a minimum sequence divergence of 0.27%.[4]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Xenophidion schaeferi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 December 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Xenophidion schaeferi, p. 234).
- PMID 30314015.
Further reading
- Manthey U, Günther R (1995). "Xenophidion, a new genus with two new species of snakes from Malaysia (Serpentes, Colubridae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 16 (3): 229–240. (Xenophidion schaeferi, new species).