Spatula-toothed snake
Template:Short description Template:Speciesbox The spatula-toothed snake (Iguanognathus werneri) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.
Etymology
The specific name, werneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.[1]
Taxonomy
The species I. werneri is monotypic within the genus Iguanognathus.[2]
Geographic range
I. werneri is known only from the holotype, which was collected in Sumatra, Indonesia.[3]
Habitat
The natural habitat of I. werneri is unknown.[3]
Description
All 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 Script error: No such module "convert"., including a tail Script error: No such module "convert". long.[4]
Reproduction
References
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Iguanognathus werneri, p. 282).
- ↑ "Iguanognathus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
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- ↑ Boulenger (1898).
- ↑ Species Iguanognathus werneri at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
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Further reading
- 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. Template:ISBN.
- 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.