Xenopeltis

E633588

Xenopeltis is a small genus of nonvenomous, iridescent-scaled snakes commonly known as sunbeam snakes, native to Southeast Asia.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Xenopeltis canonical 1
Xenopeltis hainanensis 1
Xenopeltis unicolor 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf snake genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
activityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
behavior fossorial ⓘ
bodyForm cylindrical body ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
coloration dark brown to black dorsally ⓘ
lighter ventrally ⓘ
commonName sunbeam snakes ⓘ
containsTaxon Xenopeltis hainanensis ⓘ
linked to: Xenopeltis

Xenopeltis unicolor ⓘ
linked to: Xenopeltis
diet frogs ⓘ
lizards ⓘ
small mammals ⓘ
family Xenopeltidae ⓘ
firstDescribedBy John Edward Gray ⓘ
firstDescriptionYear 1849 ⓘ
geographicDistribution Sundaland ⓘ
mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
habitat agricultural land ⓘ
moist lowland areas ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ
hasHeadShape wedge-shaped head ⓘ
hasIridescentScales true ⓘ
hasUniqueFamily monotypic family Xenopeltidae ⓘ
iridescenceCause microstructure of scales ⓘ
isMedicallySignificantToHumans false ⓘ
isVenomous false ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
nativeTo Cambodia ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam

southern China ⓘ
order Squamata ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
scaleCharacteristic highly polished dorsal scales ⓘ
tailCharacteristic short tail ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
vernacularName sunbeam snake genus ⓘ
vernacularNameLanguage English ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pythonidae → includesGenus → Xenopeltis ⓘ
Xenopeltis → containsTaxon → Xenopeltis unicolor ⓘ
linked to: Xenopeltis
Xenopeltis → containsTaxon → Xenopeltis hainanensis ⓘ
linked to: Xenopeltis