Xenodontinae

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Xenodontinae
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A xenodontine, Heterodon platirhinos, eastern hognose snake
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Xenodontinae

Cope, 1895[1]

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Xenodontinae is a subfamily of the Colubridae family of snakes.[2] It encompasses a number of rear-fanged, mildly venomous snake genera, which include species such as mud snakes and New World hognose snakes.

Genera

Other genera are often placed here but may actually belong elsewhere:

References

  1. ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. Goin, C.J.; O.B. Goin; G.R. Zug. 1978. Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. W.H. Freeman. San Francisco. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4 (hardcover). (Subfamily Xenodontinae, pp. 328-329.)
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