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    Species Accepted

    Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1861)

    Flat-headed Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Xenopholis
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Couresse échelette French
      Falsa-Coral Portuguese
      Flat-headed Snake English
      Jararaquinha-do-Igapó Portuguese
      Nordlig Fladhovedsnog Danish
      Wucherer's Ground Snake English
      Xénophole à échelons French
      Xénophole à échelons (Le) French

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      70 results
      Strauch, A. (1884). Bemerkungen über die Schlangengattung Elapomorphus aus der Familie der Calamariden. 2nd. Ed. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg 29: 541-590.
      Starace, & Fausto. (1995). Contribution to the study of the ophidians of French Guyana. Presence of a new colubrid in French Guyana, Xenopholis scalaris (Wuchener, 1861). Litteratura Serpentium 15 (6): 153-157.
      Arteaga, A., Bustamante, L., & Vieira, J. (2024). Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 Pp.
      França, R. C., Morais, M., França, F. G., Rödder, D., & Solé, M. (2020). Snakes of the Pernambuco Endemism Center, Brazil: diversity, natural history and conservation. ZooKeys 1002: 115.
      Peters, W. C. H. (1869). Über neue Gattungen und neue oder weniger bekannte Arten von Amphibien (Eremias, Dicrodon, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Eryx, Rhynchonyx, Elapomorphus, Achalinus, Coronella, Dromicus, Xenopholis, Anoplodipsas, Spilotes, Tropidonotus). Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1869: 432-447.
      Rojas-Padilla O, Menezes VQ, Dias IR, Argôlo AJS, Solé M, & Orrico VGD. (2020). Amphibians and reptiles of Parque Nacional da Serra das Lontras: an important center of endemism within the Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia, Brazil. ZooKeys 1002: 159-185.
      Hamdan, B., & Claudio Machado, N. K. C. (2015). Filling gaps and a new state record of Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1861) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae). Check List 11 (5): 1746.
      Werner. F. (1925). Neue oder wenig bekannte Schlangen aus dem Naturhistorischen Staatsmuseum in Wien. II. Teil. Sitzungsb. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Abt. L, 134: 45 - 66.
      Starace, & Fausto. (2013). Guide des Serpents et Amphisbènes de Guyane. Ibis Rouge Editions, Matoury, Guyane, ISBN 978-2-84450-407-4.
      Pérez-Santos, C., & Moreno, A. G. (1988). Ofidios de Colombia. Museo Reegionale Di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 Pp.

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