About Xenodon rabdocephalus (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)
Xenodon rabdocephalus, first described by Wied-Neuwied in 1824, is a medium-sized snake that reaches a total length of 80 cm (31 in) including its tail. Its body is mainly brown, marked with a series of brown and grey hourglass-shaped blotches along its dorsal side. This species ranges from southern Mexico, where it occurs in the states of Guerrero, Veracruz, Yucatan and Campeche, through the Central American countries Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama. In northern South America, it is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil; within Brazil, it occurs in the states of Amapá, Rondônia, Pará, Espírito Santo and Bahia. Its preferred natural habitat is forest in moist lowlands and premontane regions, at altitudes ranging from sea level up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft). Xenodon rabdocephalus is oviparous.
