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Xenocalamus transvaalensis

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| image = Xenocalamus_transvaalensis.jpg

| image_caption = Photograph by Dylan Leonard

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Maritz, B. |author2=Marais, J. |date=2018 |title=Xenocalamus transvaalensis |volume=2018 |page=e.T23102A115653979 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T23102A115653979.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| genus = Xenocalamus

| species = transvaalensis

| authority = Methuen, 1919

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:Common names: Transvaal quill-snouted snake, Speckled quill-snouted snake

Xenocalamus transvaalensis is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. The species is endemic to Africa. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.{{ITIS|id=700400|taxon=Xenocalamus transvaalensis |access-date=17 August 2007}}

Geographic range

X. transvaalensis is found in Botswana, southern Mozambique, Republic of South Africa (former Northern Transvaal and former Zululand), and Zimbabwe.{{EMBL species|genus=Xenocalamus|species=transvaalensis}}. www.reptile-database.org.

Description

X. transvaalensis is black dorsally, and white ventrally. Males may attain a total length (including tail) of {{convert|37|cm|in|frac=4|abbr=on}}; females, {{convert|31.5|cm|in|frac=8|abbr=on}}.Branch, Bill (1998). Field Guide to the Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 64.

Reproduction

In summer an adult female X. transvaalensis may lay two elongated eggs, 28 mm x 6 mm (1 1/16 in x 3/16 in).

References

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Further reading

  • Methuen PA (1919). "Descriptions of a new snake from the Transvaal, together with a new diagnosis and key of the genus Xenocalamus, and of some Batrachia from Madagascar". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1919: 349–355. (Xenocalamus transvaalensis, new species).

External links

  • [https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/116569-Xenocalamus-transvaalensis iNaturalist page]

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Category:Atractaspididae

Category:Reptiles described in 1919

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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