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Xenodon neuwiedii GÜNTHER, 1863

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Neuwied's False Fer-de-lance
Portuguese: Boipeba, Boipeva, Boipeva-da-Mata, Boipeva-Rajada, Boipevinha, Caiçaca, Caissaca, Capitão-do-Campo, Cobra-Correia, Corre-Campo, Falsa-Cotiara, Jaracuçu-do-Brejo, Jaracuçu-Não-Venenoso, Jararaca, Jararaca-Falsa, Quiriripitá, Urutu, Urutu-Amarelo, Urutu-Preto 
SynonymXenodon neuwiedii GÜNTHER 1863: 354
Xenodon neovidii COPE 1868 (emend. for neuwiedii)
Xenodon neovidii — COPE 1885: 193
Xenodon Neuwiedii — BOULENGER 1886: 434
Xenodon neuwiedii — BOULENGER 1894 (2): 148
Xenodon hemileucurus LUTZ & MELLO 1922 (fide AMARAL 1926)
Ophis neuwiedii — SERIÉ 1936
Xenodon neuwiedii — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970
Xenodon neuwiedii — CEI 1993
Xenodon neuwiedii — GIRAUDO & SCROCCHI 2002
Xenodon neuwiedii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 786
Xenodon neuwiedii — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionC/S Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Bahia [HR 30: 56], São Paulo), Paraguay, N Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes ?)

Type locality: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.4.45 (and possibly additional specimens). 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy mainly after CEI 1993. 
EtymologyNamed after Maximilian Alexander Philip, Prince zu Wied-Neuwied (1782-1867), an aristocratic explorer. After studying natural history at Georg-August-Universitat Göttingen, he entered the Prussian army (1802), ultimately becoming a Major-General. 
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