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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusXenodon
Xenodon werneri
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Guianan Green Snake

Xenodon werneri (Eiselt, 1963)

Also calledFaux-jaquot (fra) · Xénodon de Werner (Le) (fra) · Xénodon vert (fra)

First described in: Eiselt, J. Zur Kenntnis der colubriden Schlangengattungen Procteria und Xenodon.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution. Known from Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname, restricted to the Guiana Shield (Plt. 406 A). In Brazil, restricted to northeastern Amazonia, (Plt. 406 A) at low elevations (Plt. 406 B). Observed in the field in forested areas near creeks (Ávila-Pires et al., 2010).

Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5959578.