| A
genus of southeast asian snakes containing only two
species.
Xenopeltis
Reinwardt, 1827
(Type
= Xenopeltis unicolor) |
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Xenopeltis
hainanensis Hu & Zhao, 1972
Xenopeltis
hainanensis hainanensis Hu &
Zhao, 1972
Xenopeltis hainanensis jidamingae
Zhao, 1995 |
Distribution: China
and Vietnam. |
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Xenopeltis
unicolor Reinwardt, 1827
Coluber
alvearius Boie, 1826 Nomen nudum
Tortrix xenopeltis Schlegel,
1837
Xenopeltis concolor Reinwardt,
1827
Xenopeltis leucocephala Reinwardt,
1827 |
Distribution: Cambodia, China,
India,
Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar,
Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand
and Vietnam. |
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| Literature |
| Cole,
C.J. & H.G. Dowling. 1970. Chromosomes of the Sunbeam
Snake, Xenopeltis unicolor Reinwardt (Reptilia:
Xenopeltidae). Herpetol. Rev., 2(2): 35-36. |
| Darin,
K.A. & G.M. Fox. 2002. Xenopeltis unicolor.
Diet. Herpetol. Rev., 33(3): 216. |
| Dowling,
H.G. & F.W. Gibson. 1970. Relationships of the Asian
Sunbeam Snake, Xenopeltis unicolor. Herpetol.
Rev., 2(3): 51-52. |
| Kizirian,
D., N.Q. Truong, A. Eriksson & N. Vora. 2003. Taxonomic
Status of Xenopeltis hainanensis jidamingae Zhao.
J. Herpetol., 37(2): 438-440. |
| McDiarmid,
R.W., J.A. Campbell & T.A. Touré. 1999. Snakes
Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.
Volume 1. Herpetol. League, Washington, 511 pp. |
Orlov, N.L. 2000. Distribution, biology and comparative
morphology of the snakes of Xenopeltis genus
(Serpentes: Macrostomata: Xenopeltidae) in Vietnam. Russ.
J. Herpetol., 7(2): 103-114. |
| Underwood,
G. 2002. On the Rictal Structures of some Snakes. Herpetologica,
58(1): 1-17. |
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Zhao, E.M. 1995. Infraspecific classification of some
Chinese Snakes. Sichuan J. Zool., 14: 107-112. |
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Zhao, E.M. 1997. Infraspecific classification of some
Chinese snakes. Asiatic Herpetol. Res., 7: 170-172. |
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Zhao, E., M. Huang & Y. Zong. 1998. Fauna Sinica,
Reptilia. Vol. 3, Squamata, Serpentes. Science Press,
Beijing, China. |
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