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Xenocalamus michelli
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Atractaspididae
Genus:	Xenocalamus
Species:	X. michelli
Binomial name
Xenocalamus michelli L. Müller, 1911

Xenocalamus michelli, or Michell's quill-snouted snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. The species is endemic to Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, michelli, is in honor of a Captain Michell who collected the holotype.

Geographic range

X. michelli is found in Katanga Province in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Reproduction

X. michelli is oviparous.

References

1. Kusamba, C. (2021). "Xenocalamus michelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176284A126429802. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T176284A126429802.en.
2. "Xenocalamus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
3. ^ Species Xenocalamus michelli at The Reptile Database. Accessed 10 April 2019. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Müller L (1911). "Zwei neue Schlangen aus dem Katangadistrikt, Kongostaat ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 38: 357–360. (Xenocalamaus michelli, new species, pp. 359–360). (in German).

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