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Toad-Eating Snake

Xenodon merremii
Wagler, 1824
Falsa Yarará
Family: Colubridae
Order: Squamata
Class: Reptilia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Other common names: Sapera, Culebra Sapera.

Synonyms: Waglerophis merremii, Waglerophis merremi.


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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
AmphibiansSapo Común (Rhinella arenarum)22/11/2016Samuel Ernesto Olivieri Bornand



Number of Photography: 53

Foto
Photography ID: 651598
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iberá
Corrientes
Argentina
09/10/2025
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 639899
  Adult
Puerto Olivares
Cordillera
Paraguay
06/18/2025
Guillermo Menéndez
Foto
Photography ID: 631941
♂ ♀  Adult
Reserva Natural Privada Ecoportal de Piedra
Jujuy
Argentina
04/17/2025
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 609052
 Panaholma
Córdoba
Argentina
11/14/2024
Patricia Beatriz Benitez
Foto
Photography ID: 576378
  Juvenile
Juana Koslay
San Luis
Argentina
03/02/2024
Juan Andrés Quiroga Ortiz



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Number of Films: 1




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Number of Records: 72



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242918720/01/2026ArgentinaCorrientesComplejo Aventura Ibera, Pp Ibera - Portal San AntonioEsteban Geronimo Javier Luque
236552819/09/2025ArgentinaCorrientesLobo Cuá, Parque Nacional Iberá1Aluminé Sangorrín
236214111/09/2025ArgentinaCorrientesRuta 40 al Norte de Carlos PellegriniDiego Oscar
235577310/09/2025ArgentinaCorrientesRuta 40 entre Rincòn del Socorro y Carlos Pellegrini, Parque Nacional Iberá1Diego Oscar
230691418/06/2025ParaguayCordilleraPuerto OlivaresGuillermo Menéndez
228738704/05/2025ArgentinaTucumánDique El Cadillal - Celestino Gelsi, Tafi ViejoViviana Fuentes
227858717/04/2025ArgentinaJujuyReserva Natural Privada Ecoportal de PiedraDiego Oscar
227869601/04/2025ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaDiego Carus
227380601/04/2025ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaMaria Belén Dri
219019914/11/2024ArgentinaCórdobaPanaholma1Patricia Beatriz Benitez
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Bibliography related


Artículo Zaher, Hussam; Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin; John E. Cadle; Robert W. Murphy; Julio Cesar de Moura-Leite; Sandro L. Bonatto. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa. Pap. Avulsos Zool. 49(11): 115-153.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Toad-Eating Snake (Xenodon merremii) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 09/03/2026.










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