Pseudoxenodon | |
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Pseudoxenodon macrops | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pseudoxenodontidae |
Genus: |
Pseudoxenodon Boulenger, 1890 |
Pseudoxenodon is a genus of snakes of the family Pseudoxenodontidae.
The following six species are recognized as being valid.
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudoxenodon.
The specific names, karlschmidti and stejnegeri, are in honor of American herpetologists Karl Patterson Schmidt and Leonhard Stejneger, respectively.