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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The spatula-toothed snake (Iguanognathus werneri) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.
The specific name, werneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner. [2]
The species I. werneri is monotypic within the genus Iguanognathus. [3]
I. werneri is known only from the holotype, which was collected in Sumatra, Indonesia. [1]
The natural habitat of I. werneri is unknown. [1]
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 35 cm (14 in), including a tail 8.7 cm (3.4 in) long. [4]
Spatula-toothed snake | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: |
Iguanognathus Boulenger, 1898 |
Species: | I. werneri
|
Binomial name | |
Iguanognathus werneri
Boulenger, 1898
|
The spatula-toothed snake (Iguanognathus werneri) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.
The specific name, werneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner. [2]
The species I. werneri is monotypic within the genus Iguanognathus. [3]
I. werneri is known only from the holotype, which was collected in Sumatra, Indonesia. [1]
The natural habitat of I. werneri is unknown. [1]
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 35 cm (14 in), including a tail 8.7 cm (3.4 in) long. [4]