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Xenodon werneri (EISELT, 1963)

IUCN Red List - Xenodon werneri - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymProcteria viridis WERNER 1924: 48
Xenodon werneri EISELT 1963 (replacement name)
Xenodon werneri — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980
Xenodon werneri — HOOGMOED 1985
Thalesius viridis — YUKI 1993
Xenodon werneri — STARACE 1998: 260
Xenodon werneri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 802
Xenodon werneri — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionFrench Guiana, Brazil

Type locality: unknown [originally “Südwest-Afrika” (in error)]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMW 17119, a 605 mm female (Rolle). 
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CommentEiselt (1963) renamed Procteria viridis to Xenodon werneri because Xenodon viridis is preoccupied by Xenodon viridis DUMERIL & BIBRON 1854 (= Macropisthodon plumbicolor CANTOR 1839). YUKI (1993) errected a new genus, Thalesius, for Procteria, which is pre-occupied.

The holotype was supposedly from Tsumeb, German Southwest Africa, but Eiselt questioned this and indicated it was possibly from South America.

Relationships: Xenodon werneri appears to be very similar to X. suspectus. 
EtymologyNamed after Franz Werner (1867-1939), Austrian zoologist. See Antonius 1939 and Westersheim 1940 for biographical notes. 
References
  • Costa, Henrique Caldeira & Renato Silveira Bérnils 2015. Répteis brasileiros: lista de espécies 2015. Herpetologia Brasileira 4 (3): 75-93
  • Eiselt, J. 1963. Zur Kenntnis der colubriden Schlangengattungen Procteria und Xenodon. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 66: 279-282 - get paper here
  • Gasc & Rodrigues 1980. Liste preliminaire des Serpents de la Guyane francaise. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (4): 559-598
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 - get paper here
  • Hoogmoed, M. S. 1985. Xenodon werneri Eiselt, a poorly known snake from Guiana, with notes on Waglerophis merremii (Wagler)(Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Notes on the Herpetofauna of Surinam IX. Zoologische Mededelingen 59: 79-88 - get paper here
  • Nogueira, Cristiano C.; Antonio J.S. Argôlo, Vanesa Arzamendia, Josué A. Azevedo, Fausto E. Barbo, Renato S. Bérnils, Bruna E. Bolochio, Marcio Borges-Martins, Marcela Brasil-Godinho, Henrique Braz, Marcus A. Buononato, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, 2019. Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna. South American J. Herp. 14 (Special Issue 1):1-274 - get paper here
  • Starace, Fausto 1998. Guide des Serpents et Amphisbènes de Guyane. IBIS Rouge Editions, Guadeloupe, Guyane, 450 pp.
  • Starace, Fausto 2013. Guide des Serpents et Amphisbènes de Guyane. Ibis Rouge Editions, Matoury, Guyane, ISBN 978-2-84450-407-4 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Werner, F. 1924. Neue oder wenig bekannte Schlangen aus dem Naturhistorischen Staatsmuseum in Wien. l. Teil. Sitzungsb. Ber. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Abt. l, 133: 29 - 56 - get paper here
  • Westersheim, Otto v. 1940. Franz Werner als Mensch und Forscher. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 51: 8-53 - get paper here
  • Yuki, Vanda Lucia Ferreira 1993. Realocacao generica de Xenodon werneri Eiselt, 1963 (Serpentes: Colubridae). COMUNICACOES DO MUSEU DE CIENCIAS DA PUCRS 50-54, 1993: 39-47
 
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