Xenopeltis, the sunbeam snakes,[2] are the sole genus of the monotypic family Xenopeltidae, the species of which are found in Southeast Asia. Sunbeam snakes are known for their highly iridescent scales. Three species are recognized, each one with no subspecies.[3] Studies of DNA suggest that the xenopeltids are most closely related to the Mexican burrowing python (Loxocemus bicolor) and to the true pythons (Pythonidae).[4][5]
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Xenopeltis, the sunbeam snakes, are the sole genus of the monotypic family Xenopeltidae, the species of which are found in Southeast Asia. Sunbeam snakes...
2009. PMC 6665397. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xenopeltis unicolor. Xenopeltis unicolor at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 September...
intermediate between Xenopeltis unicolor and X. hainanensis. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xenopeltis intermedius. Xenopeltis intermedius at the...
7 (1): 69–80. "Reptile Database entry on Xenopeltis hainanensis". Retrieved 24 November 2013. Xenopeltis hainanensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database...
Loxocemus) and Xenopeltidae (two species of sunbeam snakes in the genus Xenopeltis). The taxonomy of pythons, boas, and other henophidian snakes has long...
snake eggs. Among the snakes taken by banded kraits are: Sunbeam snake Xenopeltis unicolor Rainbow water snake Enhydris enhydris Red-tailed pipe snake Cylindrophis...
resemblance to boas, pythons are more closely related to the sunbeam snakes (Xenopeltis) and the Mexican python (Loxocemus). Poaching of pythons is a lucrative...
The gape is thought to have been similar to that of the extant genus Xenopeltis. However, the presence of strong m. protractor pterygoidei muscles inferred...
Paraxenodermus Genus Stoliczkia Genus Xenodermus Family Xenopeltidae Genus Xenopeltis Family Xenophidiidae Genus Xenophidion Infraorder Scolecophidia Family...
reptiles, describing two new species of snakes, Laticauda semifasciata and Xenopeltis unicolor. In 1831 Reinwardt published a catalog of the plants growing...
Macrobothriotaenia ficta (Meggitt, 1931) described from the sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor) from Myanmar. Margaritaella Arredondo & Gil de Pertierra, 2012...
(Ungaliophis panamensis) Hainan sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis hainanensis) Asian sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor) Lists of IUCN Red List least concern...
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