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Species of snake

Xenophidion schaeferi
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Xenophidiidae
Genus: Xenophidion
Species: X. schaeferi
Binomial name
Xenophidion schaeferi
R. Günther & Manthey, 1995

Xenophidion schaeferi, also known commonly as the Malayan spinejaw snake or Schäfer's spiny-jawed snake, is a species of snake in the monotypic family Xenophidiidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.

Etymology

The specific name, schaeferi is in honor of German herpetologist Christian Schäfer who collected the holotype.

Geographic range

X. schaeferi is found in the Malaysian state of Selangor, in western Peninsular Malaysia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of X. schaeferi is forest.

Reproduction

X. schaeferi is oviparous.

DNA sequence divergence of sibling species

In the genus Xenophidion, there is one sister species, X. acanthognathus. Molecular analyses of a new specimen of X. acanthognathus reveal that it only differs from the holotype of X. schaeferi by a minimum sequence divergence of 0.27%.

References

  1. ^ Grismer, L. (2012). "Xenophidion schaeferi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192091A2038648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192091A2038648.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Xenophidion schaeferi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 December 2018.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Xenophidion schaeferi, p. 234).
  4. Quah, Evan S.H.; Grismer, L. Lee; Jetten, Thom; Wood, Perry L. Jr.; Miralles, Aurélien; Sah, Shahrul Anuar Mohd; Guek, Kurt H.P.; Brady, Matthew L. (2018-06-27). "The rediscovery of Schaefer's Spine-jawed Snake (Xenophidion schaeferi Günther & Manthey, 1995) (Serpentes, Xenophidiidae) from Peninsular Malaysia with notes on its variation and the first record of the genus from Sumatra, Indonesia". Zootaxa. 4441 (2): 366–378. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4441.2.10. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30314015.

Further reading

  • Manthey U, Günther R (1995). "Xenophidion, a new genus with two new species of snakes from Malaysia (Serpentes, Colubridae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 16 (3): 229–240. (Xenophidion schaeferi, new species).
Taxon identifiers
Xenophidion schaeferi


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