Hensel's snake (''Ditaxodon taeniatus'') is a snake
[ endemic to southern ]Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
[ It is monotypic in the genus Ditaxodon.
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References
Colubrids
Monotypic snake genera
Snakes of South America
Reptiles of Brazil
Endemic fauna of Brazil
Reptiles described in 1868
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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