Xenophidion schaeferi, also known commonly as the Malayan spinejaw snake[2] or Schäfer's spiny-jawed snake,[1] is a species of snake in the monotypic family Xenophidiidae.[2] The species is endemic to Malaysia.
Etymology
The specific name, schaeferi is in honor of German herpetologist Christian Schäfer who collected the holotype.[3]
Geographic range
X. schaeferi is found in the Malaysian state of Selangor, in western Peninsular Malaysia.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of X. schaeferi is forest.[1]
Reproduction
X. schaeferi is oviparous.[2]
DNA sequence divergence of sibling species
In the genus Xenophidion, there is one sister species, X. acanthognathus. Molecular analyses of a new specimen of X. acanthognathus reveal that it only differs from the holotype of X. schaeferi by a minimum sequence divergence of 0.27%.[4]
References
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^ a b c d Grismer, L. (2012). "Xenophidion schaeferi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192091A2038648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192091A2038648.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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^ a b c d Xenophidion schaeferi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 December 2018.
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^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Xenophidion schaeferi, p. 234).
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^ Quah, Evan S.H.; Grismer, L. Lee; Jetten, Thom; Wood, Perry L. Jr.; Miralles, Aurélien; Sah, Shahrul Anuar Mohd; Guek, Kurt H.P.; Brady, Matthew L. (2018-06-27). "The rediscovery of Schaefer's Spine-jawed Snake (Xenophidion schaeferi Günther & Manthey, 1995) (Serpentes, Xenophidiidae) from Peninsular Malaysia with notes on its variation and the first record of the genus from Sumatra, Indonesia". Zootaxa. 4441 (2): 366–378. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4441.2.10. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30314015.
