Xenodon

Xenodon is a genus of New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.¹

Geographic range

Species of the genus Xenodon are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.¹

Snakes in the genus Xenodon prey almost exclusively on toads.²

The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.¹

Xenodon dorbignyi (Bibron in A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – South American hognose snake
Xenodon guentheri Boulenger, 1894 – Günther's false fer-de-lance
Xenodon histricus (Jan, 1863) – Jan's hognose snake
Xenodon matogrossensis (Scrocchi & Cruz, 1993)
Xenodon merremii (Wagler, 1824) – Wagler's snake
Xenodon nattereri (Steindachner, 1867)
Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863 – Neuwied's false fer-de-lance
Xenodon pulcher (Jan, 1863)
Xenodon rabdocephalus (Wied, 1824) – false fer-de-lance
Xenodon semicinctus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – ringed hognose snake
Xenodon severus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Amazon false fer-de-lance
Xenodon werneri Eiselt, 1963

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Xenodon.

References

Genus Xenodon at The Reptile Database
Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology: Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Xenodon, p. 149).