Xenocalamus

Xenocalamus
Xenocalamus bicolor (Slender Quill-snouted Snake)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Subfamily: Aparallactinae
Genus: Xenocalamus
Günther, 1868
Common name: quill-snouted snakes.

Xenocalamus is a genus of rear-fanged mildly venomous snakes in the family Atractaspididae. The genus is endemic to Africa. Five species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  1. ^ "Xenocalamus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

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