Xenocalamus
Common name: quill-snouted snakes. Xenocalamus is a genus of rear-fanged mildly venomous snakes in the family Atractaspididae. The genus is endemic to Africa. Five species are recognized as being valid.
Species
Slender Quill-snouted Snake
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyAtractaspididae
Observations69
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Aparallactinae
- Image
- Xenocalamus bicolor.jpg
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- P105
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Description (diagnosis) of genus
- Species
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Common name: quill-snouted snakes. Xenocalamus is a genus of rear-fanged mildly venomous snakes in the family Atractaspididae. The genus is endemic to Africa. Five species are recognized as being valid.
==Description (diagnosis) of genus== Snakes of the genus Xenocalamus exhibit the following characters: