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BANDED HOGNOSED SNAKE Xenodon pulcher
Looks like a Coral Snake doesnīt it? But donīt worry this is a perfectly harmless, slow-moving mimic species that poses no threat. A couple of clues give away its "falseness". Note that the bands donīt go all the way around the body, they are confined to the dorsal surface, and the upturned snout (the "hog-nose" referred to in the common name) is characteristic of this genus of fakers. The species was formerly known as Lystrophis semicinctus.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPREP254PH) Dorsal view of adult, Laguna Bombacha, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPREP255PH) Same individual (Paul Smith October 2008).
FIGURE 3 - (FPREP256PH) Same individual head detail (Paul Smith October 2008).
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