Xenodon guentheri
{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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Xenodon guentheri, also known commonly as Günther's false fer-de-lance, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.{{EMBL species|genus=Xenodon |species=guentheri}}
Etymology
Common names
X. guentheri is known by several common names in Brazilian Portuguese including boipeva, chata, cobra-chata, and jararaca-falsa.Gonzalez RC, Abegg AD, Mendes DMM, Silva MB, Machado-Filho PR, Mario-da-Rosa C, Passos DC, Ribeiro MV, Benício RA, Oliveira JCF (2020). "Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão". Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121–214. (Xenodon guentheri, p. 193). (in Portuguese).
Geographic range
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of X. guentheri is Araucaria angustifolia forest, at altitudes of {{cvt|600|–|1,600|m|ft}}.
Defensive Behavior
When threatened, X. guentheri may exhibit defensive behaviors including body flattening, tail display, head triangulation, and fleeing.Abegg AD, Ceron K, Lhanos FH (2018). "Xenodon guentheri (Günther's False Fer-de-lance). Defensive Behavior". Herpetological Review 49 (1): 141–142.
Reproduction
X. guentheri is oviparous.
References
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==Further reading==
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Xenodon guentheri, new species, pp. 147–148 + Plate VII, figure 1, two views).
- Eiselt J (1963). "Zur Kenntnis der colubriden Schlangengattungen Procteria und Xenodon [= On the knowledge of the colubrid snake genera Procteria and Xenodon ]". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 66: 279–282. (in German).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN|0-87666-912-7}}. (Xenodon guentheri, p. 113).
- Peters JA, Orejas-Miranda B (1970). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part 1. Snakes". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (297): 1–347. (Xenodon guentheri, p. 323).
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Category:Endemic reptiles of Brazil
Category:Reptiles described in 1894
Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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