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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Ditaxodon
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Ditaxodon

Striped Cerrado Snake

Cerrado-Streifennatter

Stribet Cerradosnog

1958 Ditaxodon Hoge (type species: Philodryas taeniatus Peters in Hensel 1868)
Contents: 1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: As for the single species.

Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations


Head drawings of the
genus Ditaxodon.
Compiled by
V. Wallach

Ditaxodon taeniatus

Striped Cerrado Snake

Cerrado-Streifennatter

Stribet Cerradosnog

1868 Philodryas taeniatus Peters in Hensel
Conophis taeniatus Boulenger 1896
Ditaxodon taeniatus Hoge 1958

Remarks: Bérnils, Kucharzewski, Moura-Leite & Kwet (2008) invalidated the neotype designation by Thomas, Bérnils, Moura-Leite & Morato (2006).
Distribution: Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo).