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Xenocalamus
Sign in to saveCommon 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
羽吻蛇屬（學名：Xenocalamus）是蛇亞目穴蝰科下的一個有毒蛇屬，主要分布於非洲。目前共有5個品種已被確認。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Atractaspididae
- Collections
- TM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, FMNH, NHMUK, MNHN
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Dr Congo, Northern Rhodesia, Zaire, Zambia, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Aparallactinae
- Image
- Xenocalamus bicolor.jpg
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- taxon name
- Xenocalamus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Xenocalamus
- taxon common name
- Quill-snouted Snakes
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Encyclopedic overview
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:
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