Pseudoxenodon Explained

Pseudoxenodon is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Pseudoxenodontinae of the family Colubridae.^[1] Species in the genus Pseudoxenodon are native to Southeast Asia.

Species

The following six species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Pseudoxenodon bambusicola T. Vogt, 1922 – bamboo snake
• Pseudoxenodon baramensis (M.A. Smith, 1921) – Baramen bamboo snake
• Pseudoxenodon inornatus (F. Boie, 1827) – dull bamboo snake
• Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti Pope, 1928 – Chinese bamboo snake
• Pseudoxenodon macrops (Blyth, 1855) – large-eyed bamboo snake, big-eyed bamboo snake
• Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri Barbour, 1908 – Stejneger's bamboo snake

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudoxenodon.

Etymology

The specific names, karlschmidti and stejnegeri, are in honor of American herpetologists Karl Patterson Schmidt and Leonhard Stejneger, respectively.^[2]

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Pseudoxenodon, new genus, p. 340).
• Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Pseudoxenodon, p. 270).
• Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Genus Pseudoxenodon, p. 311).

Notes and References

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