Species

Xenocalamus mechowii

Xenocalamus mechowii · described by PETERS 1881

Amblyodipsas concolor, a close relative of Xenocalamus mechowii

Pictured: Amblyodipsas concolor, a close relative from the same family. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Miguel da Fonseca, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Xenocalamus mechowii
First described
PETERS 1881
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Atractaspididae
Genus
Xenocalamus
Subspecies
  • Xenocalamus mechowii inornatus WITTE & LAURENT 1947
  • Xenocalamus mechowii mechowii PETERS 1881

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree