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Xenopholis undulatus (JENSEN, 1900)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jensen's Ground Snake
Portuguese: Cobrinha-do-Folhedo, Falsa-Coral 
SynonymOxyrhopus undulatus JENSEN 1900: 106
Paroxyrhopus reticulatus SCHENKEL 1900 (fide HOGE & FEDERSONI 1975)
Oxyrhopus latifrontalis WERNER 1913: 30
Paroxyrhopus atropurpureus AMARAL 1923: 90
Paroxyrhopus atropurpureus AMARAL 1926: 112
Paroxyrhopus latifrontalis — AMARAL 1929: 208
Paroxyrhopus undulatus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 238
Xenopholis reticulatus — HOGE & FEDERSONI 1975
Xenopholis undulatus — DA CUNHA et al. 1985
Xenopholis undulatus — JANSEN et al. 2009
Xenopholis undulatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 803
Xenopholis undulatus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionBrazil (Alagoas, Para, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Distrito Federal), Paraguay

Type locality: Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais

atropurpureus: Type locality: Nova Baden, in the southern part of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Paratype locality: near Marianna, in the southeastern part of the State of Minas
Gerais.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMUC
Holotype: IBSP (= IB) 3003, adult male, received alive on March 18, 1920, from Mr. Paulo Treszoks. Paratype: Museu Paulista 1499, adult male, collected by by Mr. Jacyntho B. de Godoy, in 1898. Other specimens: Museu Nacional 345, 346 [atropurpureus] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1836 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentThe photo labeled Xenopholis scalaris in CAMPBELL & LAMAR (2004) (an Amazonian species) actually shows X. undulatus. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin undulatus, that has a wave-like form or edge. (JENSEN 1900, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
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