The spatula-toothed snake (Iguanognathus werneri) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.
| Spatula-toothed snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Iguanognathus Boulenger, 1898 |
| Species: | I. werneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Iguanognathus werneri Boulenger, 1898
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Etymology
editThe specific name, werneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.[2]
Taxonomy
editThe species I. werneri is monotypic within the genus Iguanognathus.[3]
Geographic range
editI. werneri is known only from the holotype, which was collected in Sumatra, Indonesia.[1]
Habitat
editDescription
editAll the teeth of I. werneri (mandibular, maxillary, and palatal) have spatulate crowns, which are ribbed along the outer side. The holotype, which is a female, has a total length of 35 cm (14 in), including a tail 8.7 cm (3.4 in) long.[4]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2012). "Iguanognathus werneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T10803A498726. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T10803A498726.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Iguanognathus werneri, p. 282).
- ^ "Iguanognathus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ Boulenger (1898).
- ^ Species Iguanognathus werneri at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1898). "Description of a new Genus of Aglyphous Colubrine Snakes from Sumatra". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 2: 73–74. (Iguanognathus, new genus, p. 73; Iguanognathus werneri, new species, p. 74).
- David P, Vogel G (1996). The Snakes of Sumatra: An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 259 pp. ISBN 978-3930612086.
- de Rooij N (1917). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. II. Ophidia. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 334 pp. (Iguanognathus werneri, pp. 50–51).
- Jackson K, Underwood G, Arnold EN, Savitzky AH (1999). "Hinged Teeth in the Enigmatic Colubrid, Iguanognathus werneri ". Copeia 1999 (3): 814–817.
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