# Tomodon

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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
{{speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref    = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author1=Cacciali, P.|author1-link=Pier Cacciali |author2=Carreira, S. |author2-link=species:Santiago Carreira |author3=Scott, N. |author3-link=Norman J. Scott |date=2019 |title=''Tomodon dorsatus'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T169682A61317827|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/169682/61317827|access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Tomodon dorsatus
| parent_authority = [A.M.C. Duméril](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Marie_Constant_Dum%C3%A9ril), 1853
| authority = A.M.C. Duméril, [Bibron](/source/Gabriel_Bibron) & [A.H.A. Duméril](/source/Auguste_Dum%C3%A9ril), 1854
| synonyms = *''Tomodon dorsatum'' <br />{{small|A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A Duméril, 1854}}
*''Opisthoplus degener'' <br />{{small|[W. Peters](/source/Wilhelm_Peters), 1883}}
*''Tomodon degener'' <br />{{small|(W. Peters, 1883)}}
*''Aproterodon clementei'' <br />{{small|[Vanzolini](/source/Paulo_Vanzolini), 1947}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/>
}}
thumb | right |  ''Tomodon dorsatus''
'''''Tomodon''''' is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic_taxon) [genus](/source/genus) of [snake](/source/snake) in the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Dipsadinae](/source/Dipsadinae) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Colubridae](/source/Colubridae). The genus contains the sole [species](/source/species) '''''Tomodon dorsatus''''', also known [commonly](/source/Common_name) as the '''pampas snake''', which is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to South America.<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Tomodon|species=dorsatus}}. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

==Description==
The eye of ''Tomodon dorsatus'' has a round pupil. The lining of the mouth is black. The last [maxillary](/source/Maxilla) tooth is enlarged and grooved. There are seven [upper labials](/source/Labial_scales). The smooth [dorsal scales](/source/dorsal_scales) are arranged in 17 rows on the neck and at midbody, and reduced to 15 rows anterior to the cloaca. <ref name=RDB/>

==Geographic distribution==
''Tomodon dorsatus'' is found in northeastern [Argentina](/source/Argentina), central and southeastern [Brazil](/source/Brazil), [Paraguay](/source/Paraguay), and [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay).<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021"/>

==Habitat==
The preferred natural [habitat](/source/habitat) of ''Tomodon dorsatus'' is [forest](/source/forest).<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021"/>

==Diet==
''Tomodon dorsatum'' [preys](/source/Predation) exclusively upon [molluscs](/source/Mollusca).<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021"/>

==Reproduction==
The [mode of reproduction](/source/Modes_of_reproduction) of ''Tomodon dorsatus'' has been described as [viviparous](/source/Viviparity)<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021"/> and as [ovoviviparous](/source/Ovoviviparity).<ref name=RDB/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
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*{{cite book |last1=Boulenger |first1=G.A. |author1-link=George Albert Boulenger |title=Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthogylyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ |date=1896 |publisher=Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers) |location=London}} xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (''Tomodon dorsatus'', corrected gender of [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), p. 121).
*{{cite journal |last1=Duméril |first1=[A.M.C.] |author1-link=André Marie Constant Duméril |title=''Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens'' |journal=Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France |date=1853 |volume=23 |pages=399–536}} (''Tomodon'', new genus, p. 495). (in French).
*{{cite book |last1=Duméril |first1=A.-M.-C. |last2=Bibron |first2=G. |author2-link=Gabriel Bibron |last3=Duméril |first3=A.[-H.-A.] |author3-link=Auguste Duméril |title=Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième — Deuxième partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux |date=1854 |publisher=Roret |location=Paris}} xii + pp. 781–1536. (''Tomodon dorsatum'', new species, pp. 934–936). (in French).
*{{cite book |last1=Freiberg |first1=M. |author1-link=Marcos Abraham Freiberg |title=Snakes of South America |date=1982 |publisher=T.F.H. Publications |location=Hong Kong |isbn=0-87666-912-7}} 189 pp. (''Tomodon dorsatus'', p. 112).
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Category:Dipsadinae
Category:Monotypic snake genera
Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril

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