Xenophidion schaeferi

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Xenophidion schaeferi

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Bolyerioidea
Family: Xenophidiidae
Genus: Xenophidion
Species:
X. schaeferi
Binomial name
Xenophidion schaeferi

Xenophidion schaeferi, also known

Xenophidiidae.[2] The species is endemic to Malaysia
.

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

X. schaeferi is oviparous.[2]

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

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).