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Xenodon dorbignyi (South American Hognose Snake)

Synonyms: Heterodon dorbignyi; Lystrophis dorbignyi; Lystrophis dorbignyi chacoensis; Lystrophis dorbignyi orientalis; Lystrophis dorbignyi uruguayensis

Infraspecies

Xenodon dorbignyi chacoensis
Xenodon dorbignyi dorbignyi
Xenodon dorbignyi orientalis
Xenodon dorbignyi uruguayensis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  67 grams
Litter Size [1]  11

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bañados del Este Wetland Reserve 986054 Uruguay  
El Palmar National Park II   Entre Rios, Argentina  
Parque Atlantico Mar Chiquita Nature Reserve VI 706059 Cordoba, Argentina  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Catadiscus freitaslenti[2]
Catadiscus longicaecalis <Unverified Name>[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0