Xenopholis scalaris, also known as Wucherer's ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.
Geographic range Xenopholis scalaris is found in Amazonian Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Xenopholis scalaris, p. 113). Other locality records include Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela."Xenopholis scalaris ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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Further reading Wucherer, "Otho" (1861). "Description of a New Species of Elapomorphus from Brazil". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 9: 318–319. (Elapomorphus scalaris, new species).
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