Spatula-toothed snake

{{Short description|Species of snake}} {{Speciesbox | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Iskandar, D. |author2=Jenkins, H. |author3=Inger, R.F. |author4=Lilley, R. |date=2012 |title=''Iguanognathus werneri'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T10803A498726 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T10803A498726.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Iguanognathus | parent_authority = Boulenger, 1898 | species = werneri | authority = Boulenger, 1898 }} The '''spatula-toothed snake''' ('''''Iguanognathus werneri''''') is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

==Etymology== The specific name, ''werneri'', is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.<ref>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}}. (''Iguanognathus werneri'', p. 282).</ref>

==Taxonomy== The species ''I. werneri'' is monotypic within the genus ''Iguanognathus''.<ref>"''Iguanognathus'' ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.</ref>

==Geographic range== ''I. werneri'' is known only from the holotype, which was collected in Sumatra, Indonesia.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" />

==Habitat== The natural habitat of ''I. werneri'' is unknown.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" />

==Description== All the teeth of ''I. werneri'' (mandibular, maxillary, and palatal) have spatulate crowns, which are ribbed along the outer side. The holotype, which is a female, has a total length of {{convert|35|cm|in|abbr=on}}, including a tail {{convert|8.7|cm|in|abbr=on}} long.<ref>Boulenger (1898).</ref>

==Reproduction== ''I. werneri'' is oviparous.<ref>{{EMBL species|genus=Iguanognathus|species=werneri}}. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *Boulenger GA (1898). "Description of a new Genus of Aglyphous Colubrine Snakes from Sumatra". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series'' '''2''': 73–74. (''Iguanognathus'', new genus, p. 73; ''Iguanognathus werneri'', new species, p. 74). *David P, Vogel G (1996). ''The Snakes of Sumatra: An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes''. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 259 pp. {{ISBN|978-3930612086}}. *de Rooij N (1917). ''The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. II. Ophidia''. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 334 pp. (''Iguanognathus werneri'', pp. 50–51). *Jackson K, Underwood G, Arnold EN, Savitzky AH (1999). "Hinged Teeth in the Enigmatic Colubrid, ''Iguanognathus werneri'' ". ''Copeia'' '''1999''' (3): 814–817.

Category:Natricinae Category:Snakes of Indonesia Category:Reptiles described in 1898 Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot